קָנָא
qa.na
“be jealous”
Definition
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
a primitive root;
- to envy, be jealous, be envious, be zealous 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to be jealous of 1a2) to be envious of 1a3) to be zealous for 1a4) to excite to jealous anger 1b) (Hiphil) to provoke to jealous anger, cause jealousy
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
H:V
Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
קָנָא appears 29 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
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.
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.
“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.
Do not envy wicked menor desire their company;
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