קָנָהqânâh
get, acquire
Pronunciation: kaw-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7069
Meanings
Qal: cstr (Genesis 25:10; Deuteronomy 32:6; Leviticus 27:24)
1. get, acquire, (all poetry)
a. of God as originating, creating (Genesis 14:19; Genesis 14:22; Deuteronomy 32:6)
b. of God as victoriously redeeming his people (Exodus 15:16; Isaiah 11:11; Psalms 74:2)
c. of Eve (Genesis 4:1)
d. of acquiring wisdom, knowledge (only Proverbs) (Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 4:5; Proverbs 4:7)
2. elsewhere buy, owner, as purchaser (Exodus 21:2; Genesis 47:22; Genesis 50:13)
Niph`al: be bought (Jeremiah 32:43; Jeremiah 32:15)
Hiph`il: caused (one) to purchase me, i.e. made me a bondman (Zechariah 13:5)
Same root
- אֶלְקָנָהʼElqânâh · H511Elkanah, the name of several Israelites
- מִקְנֶהmiqneh · H4735something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
- קַיִןQayin · H7014Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe
- קְנָאqᵉnâʼ · H7066to purchase
- קָנֶהqâneh · H7070a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
- קִנְיָןqinyân · H7075creation, i.e. (concretely) creatures; also acquisition, purchase, wealth
- קְנָתQᵉnâth · H7079Kenath, a place East of the Jordan
Where it appears
Appears 84 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 4:1 Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With the Lord’s help, I have produced a man!”
- Genesis 14:19 Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.
- Genesis 14:22 Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I solemnly swear to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
- Genesis 25:10 This was the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites and where he had buried his wife Sarah.
- Genesis 33:19 Jacob bought the plot of land where he camped from the family of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver.
- Genesis 39:1 When Joseph was taken to Egypt by the Ishmaelite traders, he was purchased by Potiphar, an Egyptian officer. Potiphar was captain of the guard for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
See every passage
- Genesis 4:1, 14:19, 14:22, 25:10, 33:19, 39:1, 47:19, 47:20, 47:22, 47:23, 49:30, 50:13
- Exodus 15:16, 21:2
- Leviticus 22:11, 25:14, 25:15, 25:28, 25:30, 25:44, 25:45, 25:50, 27:24
- Deuteronomy 28:68, 32:6
- Joshua 24:32
- Ruth 4:4, 4:5, 4:8, 4:9, 4:10
- 2 Samuel 12:3, 24:21, 24:24
- 1 Kings 16:24
- 2 Kings 12:12, 22:6
- 1 Chronicles 21:24
- 2 Chronicles 34:11
- Nehemiah 5:8, 5:16
- Psalms 74:2, 78:54, 139:13
- Proverbs 1:5, 4:5, 4:7, 8:22, 15:32, 16:16, 17:16, 18:15, 19:8, 20:14, 23:23
- Ecclesiastes 2:7
- Isaiah 1:3, 11:11, 24:2, 43:24
- Jeremiah 13:1, 13:2, 13:4, 19:1, 32:7, 32:8, 32:9, 32:15, 32:25, 32:43, 32:44
- Ezekiel 7:12
- Amos 8:6
- Zechariah 11:5, 13:5
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).