qinah (jealousy) · Rightly

Meaning

Ardour, zeal, jealousyardour, jealousy, jealous disposition (of husband) · ardour of zeal (of religious zeal) · ardour of anger · envy (of man) · jealousy (resulting in the wrath of God)

How it's translated

jealousy 12
zeal of 5
jealousi 4
jealousy my 4
zeal my 2
zeal 2
in jealousy my 2
in zeal my 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Ezekiel 10
Numbers 7
Isaiah 7
Psalms 3
Proverbs 3
2 Kings 2

12 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Zechariah 8:2In contextThus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
Numbers 5:14And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
Numbers 5:15Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
Numbers 5:18And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
Numbers 5:25Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:
Numbers 5:29This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

All 41 verses, by book

Numbers 7: 5:14 5:15 5:18 5:25 5:29 5:30 25:11
Deuteronomy 1: 29:20
2 Kings 2: 10:16 19:31
Job 1: 5:2
Psalms 3: 69:9 79:5 119:139
Proverbs 3: 6:34 14:30 27:4
Ecclesiastes 2: 4:4 9:6
Song of Solomon 1: 8:6
Isaiah 7: 9:7 11:13 26:11 37:32 42:13 59:17 63:15
Ezekiel 10: 5:13 8:3 8:5 16:38 16:42 23:25 35:11 36:5 36:6 38:19
Zephaniah 2: 1:18 3:8
Zechariah 2: 1:14 8:2

Hebrew dictionary

קִנְאָה qinah · jealousy

1) ardour, zeal, jealousy 1a) ardour, jealousy, jealous disposition (of husband) 1a1) sexual passion 1b) ardour of zeal (of religious zeal) 1b1) of men for God 1b2) of men for the house of God 1b3) of God for his people 1c) ardour of anger 1c1) of men against adversaries 1c2) of God against men 1d) envy (of man) 1e) jealousy (resulting in the wrath of God)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “jealousy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

JEALOUSY, noun

jel'usy.

That passion of peculiar uneasiness which arises from the fear that a rival may rob us of the affection of one whom we love, or the suspicion that he has already done it; or it is the uneasiness which arises from the fear that another does or will enjoy some advantage which we desire for ourselves.
Suspicious fear or apprehension.
Suspicious caution or vigilance, an earnest concern or solicitude for the welfare or honor of others.
Indignation. Psalms 79:5

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.