Word

קָנָא

qânâʼ · H7065 · Hebrew · 34 occurrences

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Meanings

to be zealous, to be wrought up, to be concerned for

Process by which humans or deities experience a sentiment of anger for the sake of someone else, because that other person does not receive the attention, commitment, or treatment that they are entitled to

Examples
Numbers 11:29 But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? If only all the LORD’S people were prophets, that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!”
Numbers 25:13 and it shall be for him and for his descendants after him, a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the sons of Israel.’”
2 Samuel 21:2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel had made a covenant with them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah).
Process by which humans experience a sentiment of anger with regard to someone else, because that other person has qualities, privileges, or possessions that one feels one should have as well, or because that person lavishes favors on another party that one feels should be directed to oneself (to envy, to be envious, to be jealous of (someone else))

Examples
Genesis 26:14 for he had possessions of flocks and herds, and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 30:1 Now when Rachel saw that she had not borne Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I am going to die.”
Genesis 37:11 And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
to provoke to jealousy

Process by which humans and deities provoke in someone else a sentiment of anger by lavishing one's attention on someone else rather than on that person

Examples
Deuteronomy 32:16 “They made Him jealous with strange gods; With abominations they provoked Him to anger.
Deuteronomy 32:21 ‘They have made Me jealous with what is not God; They have provoked Me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,
1 Kings 14:22 And the people of Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

31 occurrences in 15 groups

Not stated: I 7
Not stated: you (one person) 4
Not stated: they 4
Not stated: he, she or it 4
Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

12 occurrences in 6 groups

וֹhim 5
אִשָּׁהwoman, wife 3
יְהוּדָהJudah 1
קִנְאָהjealousy, zeal 1
נִיme 1
הֶםthem 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

24 occurrences in 24 groups

Other words · 24 groups that occur once or twice (26) 26

With adverbsAdverbs

6 occurrences in 2 groups

אַלnot, do not 5
לֹאnot 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

סֶמֶלimage 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

בin/on/with 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Angry002001002002: The word means to envy or be jealous, directly illustrated by the Philistines envying Isaac's prosperity (Genesis 26:14), Rachel's jealousy of her sister (Genesis 30:1), and Joseph's brothers being jealous of him (Genesis 37:11).

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

קָנָאqânâʼ · H7065קִנְאָה qinʼâh · H7068 · zeal, passion, rage · 43×קַנָּא qannâʼ · H7067 · jealous · 6×קַנּוֹא qannôwʼ · H7072 · jealous · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7065. qanah קָנָא verb denominative Pi`el be jealous, zealous (Gerber131); —…

H7065. qanah
קָנָא verb denominative Pi`el be jealous, zealous (Gerber131); — Perfect3masculine singular קִנֵּא Num 25:13+; 1singular קִנֵּאתִי Zec 1:14 + etc.; Imperfect יְקַנֵּא Isa 11:13; Pro 23:17, etc.; Infinitive absolute קַנֹּא 1Ki 19:10, 1Ki 19:14; construct suffix קַנְאוֺ Num 25:11; קַנּאֹתוֺ 2Sa 21:2; Participle מְקַנֵּא Num 11:29; —
1 be jealous of, with accusative אֶתאִֿשְׁתּוֺ Num 5:14 (twice in verse); Num 5:30 (P); in rivalry Isa 11:13.
2 be envious of with ב person, Gen 30:1 (E), Gen 37:11 (J) Psa 37:1; Psa 73:3; Pro 3:31; Pro 23:17; Pro 24:1, Pro 24:19; with accusative of person Gen 26:14 (J), Eze 31:9; with ל person Psa 106:16.
3 be zealous for:
a. of man, with ל person Num 11:29 (J), 2Sa 21:2; for God Num 25:13 (P), 1Ki 19:10, 1Ki 19:14; ׳ק קנאה Num 25:11(P).
b. of God, קָדְשִׁי לְשֵׁם Eze 39:25, לְאַרְצוֺ Joe 2:18, ׳לִירוּשׁ Zec 1:14, לְצִיּוֺן Zec 8:2 (twice in verse).
4 excite to jealous anger, with בִּ instrumental Deu 32:21 a (dubious; probably הַקְנִאוּנִי; compare Deu 32:16.21 b), 1Ki 14:22.
Hiph`il provoke to jealous anger: Imperfect3masculine plural suffix יַקְנִאֻהוּ Deu 32:16; יַקְנִיאוּהוּ Psa 78:58 (|| וַיַּכְעִיסוּהוּ) 1 singular אַקְנִיאֵם Deu 32:21 b; Participle metaplastic מַקְנֶה Eze 8:3 (Ges§ 75q, del Co.).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Angry34 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0