קָנָה
qa.nah
“to buy”
Definition
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
a primitive root;
- to get, acquire, create, buy, possess 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to get, acquire, obtain 1a1a) of God originating, creating, redeeming His people 1a1a1) possessor 1a1b) of Eve acquiring 1a1c) of acquiring knowledge, wisdom 1a2) to buy 1b) (Niphal) to be bought 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to possess Aramaic equivalent: qe.na (*קְנָא *"to buy" H7066)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
קָנָה appears 74 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
and he blessed Abram and said:“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,Creator of heaven and earth,
people and priest alike, servant and master,maid and mistress, buyer and seller,lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.
Why should the fool have money in his handwith no intention of buying wisdom?
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