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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 26
    spellings

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

The word stands in eleven of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 28 Old Testament books never use the word.

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.

קָנָהqanahto buyUses84

The words it stands beside

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.

    Genesis 26:14

    • 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.

    Genesis 30:1

    • וַתְּקַנֵּ֥אvatekane'Hc/Vpw3fstagged: and she was jealous
  • And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

    Genesis 37:11

    • 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—

    Numbers 5:14

    • 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.

    Numbers 5:30

    • 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!”

    Numbers 11:29

    • 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.

    Numbers 25:11

    • 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.”

    Numbers 25:13

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 32:16

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 32:21

    • 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.)

    2 Samuel 21:2

    • 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.

    1 Kings 14:22

    • 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.”

    1 Kings 19:10

    • 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.”

    1 Kings 19:14

    • 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.

    Psalms 37:1

    • 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.

    Psalms 73:3

    • 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.

    Psalms 78:58

    • 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.

    Psalms 106:16

    • וַיְקַנְא֣וּvaykanuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they were envious

Proverbs

four uses
  • Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;

    Proverbs 3:31

    • 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.

    Proverbs 23:17

    • יְקַנֵּ֣אyekane'verb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it be jealous
  • Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;

    Proverbs 24:1

    • 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.

    Proverbs 24:19

    • 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.

    Isaiah 11:13

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 8:3

    • 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.’

    Ezekiel 31:9

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 39:25

    • וְקִנֵּאתִ֖יvekinetiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will be zealous

Joel

one use
  • Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.

    Joel 2:18

    • 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,

    Zechariah 1:14

    • 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.”

    Zechariah 8:2

    • קִנֵּ֥אתִיkinetiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am jealous
    • קִנֵּ֥אתִיkinetiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am jealous

The letters

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.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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