Hebrew verb · H7065
קָנָא
qanakaw-naw'
be jealous
34 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: qânâʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7065is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 26spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7065
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
The King James renders it: (be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), [idiom] very, (be) zeal(-ous).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
qana is rendered "be jealous". It stands 34 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Six of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 26:14He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-six different ways.
The first use
He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 26:14וַיְקַנְא֥וּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- you be jealous4
- and he will be jealous of3
- I am jealous3
- because was zealous he2
- certainly to be zealous2
- I have been zealous2
- they made jealous him2
- ¿ zealous1
- and he became jealous1
- and I will be zealous1
- and she was jealous1
- and they envied1
and 11 more, 34 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| קָנָה | qanah | to buy | Uses84 |
All 34, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
26 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וַיְקַנְא֣וּ2
- וְקִנֵּ֣א2
- יְקַנֵּ֣א2
- קַנֹּ֨א2
- קִנֵּ֜אתִי2
- קִנֵּ֥אתִי2
- תְּ֝קַנֵּ֗א2
- תְּ֭קַנֵּא2
- אַקְנִיאֵ֣ם1
- בְּקַנְא֥וֹ1
- בְּקַנֹּאת֥וֹ1
- הַֽמְקַנֵּ֥א1
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular6HVpp1cs
- Hc/Vpw3mp4Hc/Vpw3mp
- verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular4HVpj2ms
- Hc/Vpq3ms3Hc/Vpq3ms
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HR/Vpcc/Sp3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhi3mp/Sp3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), infinitive absolute2HVpaa
- Hc/Vpq1cs1Hc/Vpq1cs
- Hc/Vpw3fs1Hc/Vpw3fs
- Hc/Vpw3mp/Sp3ms1Hc/Vpw3mp/Sp3ms
- Hc/Vpw3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular1HTd/Vhrmsa
Genesis
three uses
He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
- וַיְקַנְא֥וּvaykanuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they envied
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
- וַתְּקַנֵּ֥אvatekane'Hc/Vpw3fstagged: and she was jealous
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
- וַיְקַנְאוּ־vaykanu-Hc/Vpw3mptagged: and they were jealous
Numbers
six uses
and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—
- וְקִנֵּ֥אvekine'Hc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will be jealous of
- וְקִנֵּ֣אvekine'Hc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will be jealous of
or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.
- וְקִנֵּ֣אvekine'Hc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will be jealous of
But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”
- הַֽמְקַנֵּ֥אhamkane'question particle + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: ¿ zealous
“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.
- בְּקַנְא֥וֹbekanopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: because was zealous he
It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
- קִנֵּא֙kine'verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was zealous
Deuteronomy
three uses
They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.
- יַקְנִאֻ֖הוּyakniuhuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they made jealous him
They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.
- קִנְא֣וּנִיkinuniverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they have made jealous me
- אַקְנִיאֵ֣םʾakniemverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: I will make jealous them
2 Samuel
one use
At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
- בְּקַנֹּאת֥וֹbekanotopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: because was zealous he
1 Kings
five uses
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
- וַיְקַנְא֣וּvaykanuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they made jealous
“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
- קַנֹּ֨אkano'verb · intensive (piel), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to be zealous
- קִנֵּ֜אתִיkinetiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have been zealous
“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
- קַנֹּ֨אkano'verb · intensive (piel), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to be zealous
- קִנֵּ֜אתִיkinetiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have been zealous
Psalms
four uses
Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
- תְּ֝קַנֵּ֗אtekane'verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you be jealous
For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- קִ֭נֵּאתִיkinetiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I was jealous
They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
- יַקְנִיאֽוּהוּ׃yakniuhuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they made jealous him
In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
- וַיְקַנְא֣וּvaykanuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they were envious
Proverbs
four uses
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
- תְּ֭קַנֵּאtekane'verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you be jealous
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
- יְקַנֵּ֣אyekane'verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it be jealous
Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
- תְּ֭קַנֵּאtekane'verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you be jealous
Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
- תְּ֝קַנֵּ֗אtekane'verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you be jealous
Isaiah
one use
Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.
- יְקַנֵּ֣אyekane'verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be jealous of
Ezekiel
three uses
He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
- הַמַּקְנֶֽה׃hamaknehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: which provokes to jealousy
I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’
- וַיְקַנְאֻ֙הוּ֙vaykanuhuHc/Vpw3mp/Sp3mstagged: and they envied it
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
- וְקִנֵּאתִ֖יvekinetiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will be zealous
Joel
one use
Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
- וַיְקַנֵּ֥אvaykane'Hc/Vpw3mstagged: and he became jealous
Zechariah
three uses
Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
- קִנֵּ֧אתִיkinetiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am jealous
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”
- קִנֵּ֥אתִיkinetiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am jealous
- קִנֵּ֥אתִיkinetiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am jealous
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
