קָנָא
qānāʾ
be jealous
Strong's H7065VerbHebrewTWOT 2038

קָנָא (qānāʾ) is a Hebrew verb meaning be jealous. It appears 33 times in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7065).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2038)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2038)be jealous, zealous, be jealous of, be envious of, excite to jealous anger; provoke to jealous anger; be, make, envious; envy, be jealousy, zeal
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

קָנָא verb, denominative

Strong's H7065 קָנָא: to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
KJV:(be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), × very, (be) zeal(-ous).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 26:14Numbers 5:14Deuteronomy 32:16

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