קָנָא qana
Hebrew word for “be jealous” · Strong’s H7065 · used 34 times in 29 verses
Meaning
1) to envy, be jealous, be envious, be zealous;
How it is translated
Glosses given for qana in context, with how often each is used:
- jealous 11
- will be jealous 4
- made jealous 3
- envied 2
- because was zealous he 2
- certainly 2
- have been zealous 2
- ¿ zealous 1
- zealous 1
- have made jealous 1
- will make jealous 1
- envious 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | 6 | 0.4 | |
| 1 Kings | 5 | 0.4 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 4 | 0.6 | |
| Genesis | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Zechariah | 3 | 1.0 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Joel | 1 | 1.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 5 (2), Numbers 25 (2), Deuteronomy 32 (2), 1 Kings 19 (2), Proverbs 24 (2), Genesis 26 (1), Genesis 30 (1), Genesis 37 (1), Numbers 11 (1), 2 Samuel 21 (1)
Forms
- קנאתי 6
- ויקנאו 4
- תקנא 4
- וקנא 3
- קנא 3
- יקנא 2
- ותקנא 1
- המקנא 1
- בקנאו 1
- יקנאהו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with qana more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- קִנְאָה qinah “jealousy” 7
- אַל al “not” 5
- כָּעַס kaas “to provoke” 3
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 4
- צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 4
- בָּקַשׁ baqash “to seek” 3
- בְּרִית berit “covenant” 3
- נָבִיא navi “prophet” 3
- הָרַס haras “to overthrow” 2
- כֹּה koh “thus” 3
- חָרָה charah “to be incensed” 2
- יָתַר yatar “to remain” 2
Key verses
The verses using qana that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 30:1 — And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
- Genesis 37:11 — And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
- Numbers 25:11 — Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them,…
- Numbers 25:13 — And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the…
- Deuteronomy 32:16 — They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
- Deuteronomy 32:21 — They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those…
- 1 Kings 19:10 — And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy…
- Psalms 73:3 — For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalms 78:58 — For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
- Ezekiel 8:3 — And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the…
- Ezekiel 39:25 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my…
- Zechariah 1:14 — So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
See all 29 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.