קָנָא (qa.na) means “be jealous” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: kaw-naw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
קָנָא · qa.na · be jealous
1) 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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a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
KJV glosses: (be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), [idiom] very, (be) zeal(-ous).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| envy | 5 |
| and he suspects | 3 |
| i am jealous | 2 |
| i have been very zealous | 2 |
| jealous | 2 |
| and i will be jealous | 1 |
| and provoked his jealousy | 1 |
| be envious | 1 |
| became jealous | 1 |
| but in his zeal | 1 |
| envied him | 1 |
| for he was zealous | 1 |
| have provoked my jealousy | 1 |
| he was zealous | 1 |
| i envied | 1 |
| she envied | 1 |
| that provokes | 1 |
| the envy | 1 |
| they envied | 1 |
| they provoked him to jealous anger | 1 |
| they provoked his jealousy | 1 |
| were jealous | 1 |
| will make them jealous | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| envied | 4 |
| envy | 2 |
| i have been very | 2 |
| jealous | 2 |
| neither be thou envious | 2 |
| upon him and he be jealous | 2 |
| and he be jealous | 1 |
| and i was jealous | 1 |
| and i will move them to jealousy | 1 |
| and moved him to jealousy | 1 |
| and they provoked him to jealousy | 1 |
| and will be jealous | 1 |
| be jealous | 1 |
| be not thou envious | 1 |
| for i was envious | 1 |
| he was zealous | 1 |
| i am jealous | 1 |
| i was jealous | 1 |
| shall not envy | 1 |
| them in his zeal | 1 |
| they envied | 1 |
| they have moved me to jealousy | 1 |
| they provoked him to jealousy | 1 |
| unto him enviest | 1 |
| while he was zealous | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 29 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
Read word by wordWhen 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.
Read word by wordAnd his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
Read word by wordand if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—
Read word by wordor when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.
Read word by wordBut Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordIt will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
Read word by wordThey provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.
Read word by wordThey 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.
Read word by wordAt this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by word“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
Read word by word“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
Read word by wordOf David. Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
Read word by wordFor I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Read word by wordThey enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
Read word by wordIn the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
Read word by wordDo not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
Read word by wordDo not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
Read word by wordDo not envy wicked men or desire their company;
Read word by wordDo not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
Read word by wordThen the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.
Read word by wordHe stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
Read word by wordI made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
Read word by wordThen the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
Read word by wordThen the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”
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