Qana קָנָא

Qana (Hebrew קָנָא, Strong's H7065) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be jealous”. It occurs 34 times in 29 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Jealousy

Verses

Every verse with Qana, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 26:14
  For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
• Genesis 30:1
  And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
• Genesis 37:11
  And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

Numbers

• Numbers 5:14
  And 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: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—
• Numbers 5:30
  Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.
• Numbers 11:29
  And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”
• Numbers 25:11
  Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.
• Numbers 25:13
  And 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.It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 32:16
  They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.
• Deuteronomy 32:21
  They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 21:2
  And 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.)At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 14:22
  And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.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.
• 1 Kings 19:10
  And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for 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.“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
• 1 Kings 19:14
  And 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.“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”

Psalms

• Psalm 37:1
  Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
• Psalm 73:3
  For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
• Psalm 78:58
  For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
• Psalm 106:16
  They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 3:31
  Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
• Proverbs 23:17
  Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
• Proverbs 24:1
  Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
• Proverbs 24:19
  Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 11:13
  The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 8:3
  And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
• Ezekiel 31:9
  I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’
• Ezekiel 39:25
  Therefore 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;Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.

Joel

• Joel 2:18
  Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people.Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 1:14
  So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
• Zechariah 8:2
  Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).