קִנְאָה
qinʼâh · kin-aw'
jealousy or envy
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7065 (קָנָא);
jealousy or envy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: envy(-ied), jealousy, [idiom] sake, zeal.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the seed, life continuing › strength, the leader › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the seed, life continuing of strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קִנְאָה 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
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of jealousy6 · 16%
- jealousy4 · 11%
- the zeal3 · 8%
- in my jealousy2 · 5%
- my zeal2 · 5%
- of my jealousy2 · 5%
- which is the jealousy1 · 3%
- the jealousy1 · 3%
- of jealousies1 · 3%
- for my sake1 · 3%
- and his jealousy1 · 3%
- and envy1 · 3%
- for the zeal1 · 3%
- shall thy jealousy1 · 3%
- for jealousy1 · 3%
- but envy1 · 3%
- envy1 · 3%
- is envied1 · 3%
- and their envy1 · 3%
- the envy1 · 3%
- for their envy1 · 3%
- with zeal1 · 3%
- where is thy zeal1 · 3%
- it in my zeal1 · 3%
- and jealousy1 · 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.