Qanan קִנֵּן
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| קִנֵּן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | qanan |
| Strong's number | H7077 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to make a nest |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (2) |
Qanan (Hebrew קִנֵּן, Strong's H7077) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to make a nest”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to make a nest
1a) (Piel) to make a nest
1b) (Pual) to be nested
1a) (Piel) to make a nest
1b) (Pual) to be nested
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | nest (3), nests (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | build their nests (1), make her nest (1), nestled (1), nests (1), nested (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Qanan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 104:17Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 34:15There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 22:23O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”
- Jeremiah 48:28O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 31:6All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).