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קִנְאָה H7068

H7068 is the Hebrew word קִנְאָה, transliterated qinʼâh and said kin-aw'. The King James Version most often renders it jealousy.

Word: קִנְאָהTransliteration: qinʼâhSaid: kin-aw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 37 verses

What it means

jealousy or envy.

Where it comes from

from H7065 (קָנָא).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 38 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

jealousy 20×zeal 8×envy 5×jealousies 1×sake 1×envied 1×where is thy zeal 1×according to thine envy 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: envy(-ied), jealousy, [idiom] sake, zeal.

Verses using קִנְאָה

All 37 verses, quoted in full.

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 5:15 · KJV

Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

Numbers 5:18 · KJV

And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

Numbers 5:25 · KJV

Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:

Numbers 5:29 · KJV

This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is 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 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.

Deuteronomy 29:20 · KJV

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 shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

2 Kings 10:16 · KJV

And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.

2 Kings 19:31 · KJV

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

Job 5:2 · KJV

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

Psalm 69:9 · KJV

For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

Psalm 79:5 · KJV

How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Psalm 119:139 · KJV

My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

Proverbs 6:34 · KJV

For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Proverbs 14:30 · KJV

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

Ecclesiastes 4:4 · KJV

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:6 · KJV

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Song of Solomon 8:6 · KJV

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, which hath a most vehement flame.

Isaiah 9:7 · KJV

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 judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

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.

Isaiah 26:11 · KJV

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 devour them.

Isaiah 37:32 · KJV

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

Isaiah 42:13 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 zeal as a cloak.

Isaiah 63:15 · KJV

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 thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

Ezekiel 5:13 · KJV

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 in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

Ezekiel 8:3 · KJV

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 visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

Ezekiel 8:5 · KJV

Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

Ezekiel 16:42 · KJV

So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

Ezekiel 23:25 · KJV

And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

Ezekiel 35:11 · KJV

Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.

Ezekiel 36:5 · KJV

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

Ezekiel 36:6 · KJV

Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:

Ezekiel 38:19 · KJV

For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

Zephaniah 1:18 · KJV

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 jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

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 H7068 mean?

H7068 is the Hebrew word קִנְאָה (qinʼâh), meaning jealousy or envy.

How is H7068 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it jealousy (20 times), zeal (8 times), envy (5 times), jealousies (1 time), sake (1 time), among others.

How many times does H7068 appear in the Bible?

קִנְאָה (qinʼâh) is tagged in 37 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7068 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H7065 (קָנָא).

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