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קָנָא

qa.na

be jealous

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Strong’s H7065Verb34 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

you be jealous4

he will be jealous of3

they made jealous3

i am jealous3

they envied2

was zealous2

certainly2

i have been zealous2

In the text

Genesis 26:14וַיְקַנְאוּ
He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
Numbers 5:14וְקִנֵּא
and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—
Deuteronomy 32:16יַקְנִאֻהוּ
They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.
1 Kings 14:22וַיְקַנְאוּ
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
Psalm 37:1תְּקַנֵּא
Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
Proverbs 3:31תְּקַנֵּא
Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[קָנָא] vb. denom.

Pi. be jealous, zealous

1. be jealous of

2. be envious of

3. be zealous for

4. excite to jealous anger

Hiph. provoke to jealous anger

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.