קָנָה
qânâh · H7069 · Hebrew · 84 occurrences
Meanings
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to acquire, to obtain, to purchase, to buy, to reclaim
Action by which humans acquire an animate or inanimate object by means of a financial transaction or in another way
ExamplesGenesis 4:1 Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have obtained a male child with the help of the LORD.”
Genesis 25:10 the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.
Genesis 33:19 He bought the plot of land where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.
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to acquire
Literally: to acquire; hence: action by which humans acquire a certain quality
ExamplesProverbs 1:5 A wise person will hear and increase in learning, And a person of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
Proverbs 4:5 Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:7 “The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your possessions, acquire understanding.
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to create, to make, to fashion
Causative action by which deities call humans or objects into existence
ExamplesGenesis 14:19 And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;
Genesis 14:22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the LORD God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,
Deuteronomy 32:6 “Is this what you do to the LORD, You foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father who has purchased you? He has made you and established you.
How it’s used In 12 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
73 occurrences in 25 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 21
- Not stated (infinitive) 11
- Not stated: I 9
- Not stated: he, she or it 7
- אַבְרָהָםAbraham 3
- Not stated (participle) 3
- Other words · 19 groups that occur once or twice (21) 21
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
54 occurrences in 33 groups
- שָׂדֶהfield, countryside 9
- חׇכְמָהwisdom 4
- וֹhim 4
- אֲדָמָהground 3
- עֶבֶדservant, slave 3
- עֵץtree, wood 3
- Other words · 25 groups that occur once or twice (30) 30
Second objectAs in “call him Lord”
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קִנְיָןpossessions 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
36 occurrences in 24 groups
- בin/on/with+ כֶּסֶףsilver 6
- מִןfrom+ יָדhand, power 5
- לto/for+ ךָּyou 3
- Other words · 21 groups that occur once or twice (28) 28
With adverbsAdverbs
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- לֹאnot 3
- עוֹדstill, again, yet 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 2
- שָׁמַיִםheaven, sky 2
- וֹhim 2
- הֵןin 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
- אֵלGod, god 1
What it doesIt is the subject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- אָהַבto love 1
- הָרַגto kill 1
- אָמַרto say 1
- שָׂמַחto rejoice, to be glad 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יָדַעto know 1
- אָמַרto say 1
What it is said to bePredicate
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- אַיִןthere is no, not 1
- מָהwhat?, why? 1
- בָּחַרto choose 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- לto/for 4
- עִםwith 2
- כlike/as 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָדhand, power 1
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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Contrasting words 1 word
- מָכַר mâkar · H4376 · to sell, to sell oneself
- The direct lexical opposite of מָכַר, denoting the act of buying or acquiring rather than selling.
In the other Testament 2 words
- κτάομαι ktáomai · G2932 · to get, to acquire, to gain
- Greek κτάομαι (ktáomai, G2932) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew קָנָה (qânâh, H7069) in contexts of acquiring or possessing property, covering both the commercial transaction sense ('buy, purchase') and the resultant ownership state ('possess, own'), with the Greek term focusing on the act of acquisition itself while the Hebrew root carries additional extended senses (teaching cattle-keeping, provoking jealousy) not reflected in this cross-linguistic equivalent.
- ἀγοράζω agorázō · G59 · to buy, to purchase, to redeem
- Greek ἀγοράζω specifically denotes commercial marketplace purchase/redemption, while Hebrew קָנָה encompasses a broader semantic range including acquisition by purchase, creation/possession, and provocation to jealousy; the overlap is in the core 'buy/purchase/redeem' sense where both languages use these respective terms for transactional acquisition.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Possess002003002019
- The word means to acquire, buy, or possess, directly illustrated by God Most High called "Possessor of heaven and earth" (Genesis 14:19, 22) and Abraham's purchased burial field (Genesis 25:10).
- Engage002003003011
- The transactional act of purchasing is directly illustrated by Jacob buying the plot of land at Shechem for a hundred pieces of money (Genesis 33:19).
- Exist002002002005
- This domain is not directly illustrated by the sampled citations, though the title "Possessor of heaven and earth" (Genesis 14:19, 22) touches on God's role as originator of all that exists.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7069. qanah I. קָנָה84 verb get, acquire (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician…
I. קָנָה84 verb get, acquire (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician (Punic) מקנא, property [in cattle]; Assyrian ‡anû, gain, acquire, MeissnSuppl. 85; Arabic (,) acquire, procure; Sabean קני acquire, possess, CISiv,no.89, 5.6, קני noun property Idib,no.3, 8, 29, 3; Ethiopic acquire, subjugate; Aramaic קְנָא, (accquire); —
Qal81 Perfect3masculine singular ׳ק Gen 25:10 +; suffix נ֑ךָ קֶָ Deu 32:6, קָנָהוּ Lev 27:24; Lev 27:3feminine singularקָֽנְתָה Psa 78:54; Psa 78:2masculine singular קָנִיתָ Exo 15:16 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִקְנֶךְ Lev 22:11 +, וַיִ֫קֶן Gen 33:19 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular קְנֵח Gen 47:19 +; Infinitive absolute קָנֹה Lev 25:14; 1Ch 21:24, קָנוֺ 2Sa 24:24; cstr. קְנֹה Pro 16:16, קְנוֺת Pro 16:16 +, etc.; Participle קֹנֶה Deu 28:68, קְוֺנֶה Pro 15:32 +, etc.; —
1 get, acquire (all poetry) :
a. of God as originating, creating, וָאָרֶץ שָׁמַיִם קֹנֵה Gen 14:19, Gen 14:22; Deu 32:6 (Israel), Psa 139:13 (כִּלְֹיתָ֑י); Pro 8:22 ( חכמה q. v.).
b. of God as victoriously redeeming his people Exo 15:16; Isa 11:11; Psa 74:2 (|| גָּאַל) object הַרוֶֿה Psa 78:54.
c. of Eve, acquiring ׳אֶתיֿ קַיִן, (i.e. with the help of), Gen 4:1 (J).
d. of acquiring wisdom, knowledge (only Proverbs): Pro 1:5; Pro 4:5 (twice in verse); Pro 4:7 (twice in verse); Pro 15:32; Pro 16:16 (twice in verse); Pro 17:16; Pro 18:15; Pro 19:8; Pro 23:23.
2 elsewhere buy Exo 21:2 (E), Gen 47:22 (J), Gen 50:13 (P), Lev 27:24(H), Deu 28:68; Isa 24:2; Jer 13:1; Eze 7:12; Pro 20:14 +; קֹנֶה owner, as purchaser Lev 25:30 (P) Isa 1:3; Zec 11:5 +.
Niph`al be bought: Perfect3masculine singular נִקְנָה Jer 32:43; Imperfect3masculine plural יִקָּנוּ Jer 32:15.
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular suffix חִקְנַנִי אָדָם Zec 13:5; AV makes denominative of מִקְנֶה cattle; Thes RV MartiKau Buhl caused (one) to purchase me, i.e. made me a bondman; < We Now GASm read קִנְיָנִי אֲרָמָה — Participle מַקְנֶה see קנא.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
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.
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