Jealous
קַנָּאStrong’s H7067qanna (qan-na)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qanna is the Hebrew word usually translated “jealous”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;”
Meaning
- Jealous (only of God)
- Jealous (only of God)
How it's translated
- jealous 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 3
- Exodus 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 34:14For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
- Deuteronomy 4:24For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
- Deuteronomy 5:9Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
- Deuteronomy 6:15(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Hebrew dictionary
קַנָּא qanna · Jealous
jealous (only of God) Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)
קַנָּא qanna · jealous
jealous (only of God)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “jealous” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
JEALOUS, adjective
jel'us.
- Suspicious; apprehensive of rivalship; uneasy through fear that another has withdrawn or may withdraw from one the affections of a person he loves, or enjoy some good which he desires to obtain; followed by of, and applied both to the object of love and to the rival.
- Suspicious that we do not enjoy the affection or respect of others, or that another is more loved and respected than ourselves.
- Emulous; full of competition.
- Solicitous to defend the honor of; concerned for the character of.“I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts” 1 Kings 19:10
All definitions
- Suspiciously vigilant; anxiously careful and concerned for.“I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy” 2 Corinthians 11:2
- Suspiciously fearful.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.