H7065 קָנָא
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 33 KJV occurrences
קָנָא
qânâʼ · kaw-naw'
Definition
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
KJV Renderings
(be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), [idiom] very, (be) zeal(-ous).
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 33)
- Genesis 26:14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
- Numbers 5:14And 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 25:13And 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.
- 2 Samuel 21:2And 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 19:14And 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.
- Psalms 78:58For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
- Proverbs 24:1Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
- Ezekiel 39:25Therefore 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;