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קֵן H7064

H7064 is the Hebrew word קֵן, transliterated qên and said kane. The King James Version most often renders it nest.

Word: קֵןTransliteration: qênSaid: kaneLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 13 verses

What it means

a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling.

Where it comes from

contracted from H7077 (קָנַן).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 13 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

nest 11×rooms 1×shouldest make thy nest 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: nest, room.

Verses using קֵן

All 13 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 6:14 · KJV

Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

Numbers 24:21 · KJV

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

Deuteronomy 22:6 · KJV

If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

Deuteronomy 32:11 · KJV

As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

Job 29:18 · KJV

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

Job 39:27 · KJV

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

Psalm 84:3 · KJV

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

Proverbs 27:8 · KJV

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

Isaiah 10:14 · KJV

And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

Isaiah 16:2 · KJV

For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

Jeremiah 49:16 · KJV

Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

Obadiah 1:4 · KJV

Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

Habakkuk 2:9 · KJV

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

Common questions

What does Strong's H7064 mean?

H7064 is the Hebrew word קֵן (qên), meaning a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling.

How is H7064 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it nest (11 times), rooms (1 time), shouldest make thy nest (1 time).

How many times does H7064 appear in the Bible?

קֵן (qên) is tagged in 13 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7064 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: contracted from H7077 (קָנַן).

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