Word

קָנַן

qânan · H7077 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to build a nest

Causative action by which birds build a nest; with the help of twigs, straw, grass and other materials, as a place where they can lay their eggs and shelter their young; associated with security

Examples
Psalm 104:17 Where the birds build their nests, And the stork, whose home is the juniper trees.
Isaiah 34:15 The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there, And it will hatch and gather them under its protection. Yes, the hawks will be gathered there, Every one with its kind.
Ezekiel 31:6 ‘All the birds of the sky nested in its twigs, And under its branches all the animals of the field gave birth, And all great nations lived under its shade.

How it’s used In 4 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

5 occurrences in 5 groups

עוֹףbirds, fowls, winged insects 1
צִפּוֹרbird, sparrow 1
קִפּוֹזowl 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1
Not stated (participle) 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

בin/on/with+ סְעַפָּהbough 1
בin/on/with+ עֵבֶרbeyond, side, across 1
בin/on/with+ אֶרֶזcedar 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 1 groups

שָׁםthere 2

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יָשַׁבto dwell, to live, to sit 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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Near synonyms 1 word

שָׁכַן shâkan · H7931 · to settle down, to stay, dwell, to cause to dwell: Hebrew verb meaning to settle or dwell in a place; overlaps semantically with קָנַן when the focus is on establishing a dwelling rather than specifically building a nest structure, though שָׁכַן is broader and not limited to avian contexts

In the other Testament 1 word

κατασκηνόω kataskēnóō · G2681 · to nest: Greek verb meaning to nest, make a dwelling/nest, or lodge; standard LXX rendering for Hebrew קָנַן in contexts of birds nesting (e.g., Ps 104:12)

Semantic domains 1 entry

Exist002002002005: The word means to build a nest or make one's home, directly illustrated by birds building their nests (Psalm 104:17), the tree snake making its nest (Isaiah 34:15), and Moab's inhabitants urged to nest among the rocky cliffs (Jeremiah 48:28).

Word family 2 words

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

קָנַןqânan · H7077קֵן qên · H7064 · nest, nestling · 13×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7077. qanan [קִנֵּן] verb denominative Pi`el make a nest, nest; — Perfect3feminine…

H7077. qanan
[קִנֵּן] verb denominative Pi`el make a nest, nest; — Perfect3feminine singular קִנְּנָה Isa 34:15; Isa 34:3plural קִנְנוּ Eze 31:6 (in figurative); Imperfect3masculine singular יְקַנֵּנ֑וּ Psa 104:17; Psa 104:3feminine singular תְּקַנֵּן Jer 48:28 (simile).
Pu`al Participle feminine singular מקננתי (Ges§ 90l) Jer 22:23 Kt (Qr מְקֻנַּנְתְּ; compare Ges§ 80d) (thou) who art nested in the cedars (figurative).
קנץ (√ of following, si vera lectio; compare Arabic catch, capture, ensnare).

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Exist5 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