Definition
a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
Traditional renderings: (be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), × very, (be) zeal(-ous).
Traditional renderings: (be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), × very, (be) zeal(-ous).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders קָנָא:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
34 total
- Genesis 26:14וַיְקַנְא֥וּ · envied himHe owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
- Genesis 30:1וַתְּקַנֵּ֥א · she enviedWhen 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 37:11וַיְקַנְאוּ־ · were jealousAnd his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
- Numbers 5:14וְקִנֵּ֥א · and he suspects; וְקִנֵּ֣א · and he suspects…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 5:30וְקִנֵּ֣א · and he suspects…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 11:29הַֽמְקַנֵּ֥א · jealousBut 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 25:11בְּקַנְא֥וֹ · for he was 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 25:13קִנֵּא֙ · he was zealousIt 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.”
- Deuteronomy 32:16יַקְנִאֻ֖הוּ · They provoked His jealousyThey provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.
- Deuteronomy 32:21קִנְא֣וּנִי · have provoked My jealousy; אַקְנִיאֵ֣ם · will make them jealousThey 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.
- 2 Samuel 21:2בְּקַנֹּאת֥וֹ · but in his zealAt 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.)
- 1 Kings 14:22וַיְקַנְא֣וּ · they provoked Him to jealous angerAnd 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 19:10קַנֹּ֨א · I have been very zealous; קִנֵּ֜אתִי“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 19:14קַנֹּ֨א · I have been very zealous; קִנֵּ֜אתִי“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.”
- Psalm 37:1תְּ֝קַנֵּ֗א · envyOf David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
- Psalm 73:3קִ֭נֵּאתִי · I enviedFor I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalm 78:58יַקְנִיאֽוּהוּ׃ · and provoked His jealousyThey enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
- Psalm 106:16וַיְקַנְא֣וּ · they enviedIn the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
- Proverbs 3:31תְּ֭קַנֵּא · envyDo not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
- Proverbs 23:17יְקַנֵּ֣א · envyDo not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
- Proverbs 24:1תְּ֭קַנֵּא · envyDo not envy wicked men or desire their company;
- Proverbs 24:19תְּ֝קַנֵּ֗א · be enviousDo not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
- Isaiah 11:13יְקַנֵּ֣א · envyThen 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.
- Ezekiel 8:3הַמַּקְנֶֽה׃ · that provokesHe 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 31:9וַיְקַנְאֻ֙הוּ֙ · the envyI made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’
- Ezekiel 39:25וְקִנֵּאתִ֖י · and I will be jealousTherefore 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.
- Joel 2:18וַיְקַנֵּ֥א · became jealousThen the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
- Zechariah 1:14קִנֵּ֧אתִי · jealousThen 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 8:2קִנֵּ֥אתִי · I am jealous; קִנֵּ֥אתִי · I am jealousThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”