קִנְאָהqinʼâh
ardour, zeal, jealousy, (from colour produced in face by deep emotion)
Pronunciation: kin-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7068
Meanings
1. ardour (Proverbs 6:34; Proverbs 27:4; Numbers 5:14)
2. zeal
a. of men for God (Numbers 25:11; 2 Kings 10:26; Psalms 69:10)
b. of God for his people (Isaiah 42:13; Isaiah 63:15; Zechariah 1:14)
3. anger
a. of men against adversaries (Psalms 119:139; Job 5:2; Proverbs 14:30)
b. of God against men (Ezekiel 5:13; Ezekiel 16:38; Ezekiel 16:42)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 43 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 5:14 If her husband becomes jealous and is suspicious of his wife and needs to know whether or not she has defiled herself,
- Numbers 5:15 the husband must bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring an offering of two quarts of barley flour to be presented on her behalf. Do not mix it with olive oil or frankincense, for it is a jealousy offering—an offering to prove whether or not she is guilty.
- Numbers 5:18 When the priest has presented the woman before the Lord, he must unbind her hair and place in her hands the offering of proof—the jealousy offering to determine whether her husband’s suspicions are justified. The priest will stand before her, holding the jar of bitter water that brings a curse to those who are guilty.
- Numbers 5:25 “The priest will take the jealousy offering from the woman’s hand, lift it up before the Lord, and carry it to the altar.
- Numbers 5:29 “This is the ritual law for dealing with suspicion. If a woman goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband’s authority,
- Numbers 5:30 or if a man becomes jealous and is suspicious that his wife has been unfaithful, the husband must present his wife before the Lord, and the priest will apply this entire ritual law to her.
See every passage
- Numbers 5:14, 5:15, 5:18, 5:25, 5:29, 5:30, 25:11
- Deuteronomy 29:20
- 2 Kings 10:16, 19:31
- Job 5:2
- Psalms 69:9, 79:5, 119:139
- Proverbs 6:34, 14:30, 27:4
- Ecclesiastes 4:4, 9:6
- Song of Solomon 8:6
- Isaiah 9:7, 11:13, 26:11, 37:32, 42:13, 59:17, 63:15
- Ezekiel 5:13, 8:3, 8:5, 16:38, 16:42, 23:25, 35:11, 36:5, 36:6, 38:19
- Zephaniah 1:18, 3:8
- Zechariah 1:14, 8:2
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).