Word Study · Strong's H7077 · Hebrew
קָנַן
qanan
kaw-nan'
Strong's 1890 spelling: qânan
“to nestle, i.e. build or occupy as anest”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to nestle, i.e. build or occupy as anest
Rendered in the KJV as
make...nest.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- יְקַנֵּ֑נוּ1
- מְקֻנַּ֖נְתְּ1
- קִנְּנָ֤ה1
- קִֽנְנוּ֙1
- תְּקַנֵּ֖ן1
How it is rendered · 5
- [which] it makes a nest1
- [who is] nested1
- it will make a nest1
- they made nests1
- they make nests1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular1
- verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVpi3fs · 1
- HVpi3mp · 1
- HVpp3cp · 1
- HVpp3fs · 1
- HVPsfsa · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 22:23מְקֻנַּ֖נְתְּmekunantiverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singularO inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”here: [who is] nested
- Jeremiah 48:28תְּקַנֵּ֖ןtekanenverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularAbandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.here: [which] it makes a nest