Jealous
קַנּוֹאStrong’s H7072qanno (qan-no)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qanno is the Hebrew word usually translated “jealous”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.”
Meaning
- Jealous
How it's translated
- jealous 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 1
- Nahum 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
קַנּוֹא qanno · jealous
jealous
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- Suspicious; apprehensive of rivalship; uneasy through fear that another has withdrawn or may withdraw from one the affections of a person he loves, or enjoy some good which he desires to obtain; followed by of, and applied both to the object of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.