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קָנָא H7065

H7065 is the Hebrew word קָנָא, transliterated qânâʼ and said kaw-naw'. The King James Version most often renders it jealous.

Word: קָנָאTransliteration: qânâʼSaid: kaw-naw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 26 verses

What it means

to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 28 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

jealous 10×envied 3×envy 3×provoked him to jealousy 2×very 2×envious 2×enviest 1×while he was zealous 1×zealous 1×moved me to jealousy 1×move them to jealousy 1×zeal 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), [idiom] very, (be) zeal(-ous).

Verses using קָנָא

All 26 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 30:1 · KJV

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 · KJV

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

Numbers 5:14 · KJV

And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

Numbers 5:30 · KJV

Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

Numbers 11:29 · KJV

And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’s people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!

Numbers 25:11 · KJV

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, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

Numbers 25:13 · KJV

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 children of Israel.

Deuteronomy 32:16 · KJV

They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

Deuteronomy 32:21 · KJV

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 which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

2 Samuel 21:2 · KJV

And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)

1 Kings 14:22 · KJV

And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.

1 Kings 19:10 · KJV

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 prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

1 Kings 19:14 · KJV

And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

Psalm 37:1 · KJV

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

Psalm 73:3 · KJV

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 78:58 · KJV

For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

Psalm 106:16 · KJV

They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

Proverbs 3:31 · KJV

Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

Proverbs 23:17 · KJV

Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

Proverbs 24:1 · KJV

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

Proverbs 24:19 · KJV

Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;

Isaiah 11:13 · KJV

The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

Ezekiel 39:25 · KJV

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 holy name;

Joel 2:18 · KJV

Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

Zechariah 1:14 · KJV

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.

Zechariah 8:2 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7065 mean?

H7065 is the Hebrew word קָנָא (qânâʼ), meaning to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious.

How is H7065 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it jealous (10 times), envied (3 times), envy (3 times), provoked him to jealousy (2 times), very (2 times), among others.

How many times does H7065 appear in the Bible?

קָנָא (qânâʼ) is tagged in 26 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7065 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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