קָנָא
qânâʼ · kaw-naw'
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), [idiom] very, (be) zeal(-ous).
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the seed, life continuing › strength, the leader
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the seed, life continuing of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָנָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
34 occurrences · 34 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- envied4 · 13%
- upon him, and he be jealous2 · 6%
- i have been very2 · 6%
- jealous2 · 6%
- envy2 · 6%
- and he be jealous1 · 3%
- unto him, enviest1 · 3%
- while he was zealous1 · 3%
- he was zealous1 · 3%
- they provoked him to jealousy1 · 3%
- they have moved me to jealousy1 · 3%
- and i will move them to jealousy1 · 3%
- them in his zeal1 · 3%
- and they provoked him to jealousy1 · 3%
- neither be thou envious1 · 3%
- for i was envious1 · 3%
- and moved him to jealousy1 · 3%
- they envied1 · 3%
- be not thou envious1 · 3%
- men, neither be thou envious1 · 3%
- shall not envy1 · 3%
- and will be jealous1 · 3%
- be jealous1 · 3%
- i am jealous1 · 3%
- i was jealous1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.