קִנְאָה qinah

Hebrew word for “jealousy” · Strong’s H7068 · used 43 times in 41 verses

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Meaning

1) ardour, zeal, jealousy;

How it is translated

Glosses given for qinah in context, with how often each is used:

• jealousy 25
• zeal 12
• jealousies 4
• envy 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 5 (6), Ezekiel 8 (2), Ezekiel 16 (2), Ezekiel 36 (2), Numbers 25 (1), Deuteronomy 29 (1), 2 Kings 10 (1), 2 Kings 19 (1), Job 5 (1), Psalms 69 (1)

Forms

• קנאה 12
• קנאת 9
• קנאתי 6
• בקנאתי 4
• הקנאת 2
• קנאתך 2
• הקנאה 2
• וקנאתו 1
• קנאתם 1
• וקנאה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with qinah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חֵמָה chemah “rage” 9
• קָנָא qana “be jealous” 7
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 8
• אַף aph “face” 6
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 6
• צִיּוֹן tsiyyon “Zion” 4
• זֹאת zot “this” 5
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 5
• שְׁאֵרִית sheerit “remnant” 3
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 5
• סֶמֶל semel “idol” 2
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 4

Key verses

The verses using qinah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 29:20 — The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book…
• Ecclesiastes 4:4 — Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
• Song of Solomon 8:6 — Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire,…
• Isaiah 9:7 — Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with…
• Isaiah 26:11 — LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall…
• Isaiah 42:13 — The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
• Isaiah 59:17 — For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with…
• Isaiah 63:15 — Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of…
• Ezekiel 5:13 — Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it…
• 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…
• Zephaniah 1:18 — Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his…
• Zephaniah 3:8 — Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the…

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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.