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Lexicon :: Strong's H7069 - qānâ

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קָנָה
Transliteration
qānâ
Pronunciation
kaw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2039

Strong’s Definitions

קָנָה qânâh, kaw-naw'; a primitive root; to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own:—attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, × surely, × verily.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 84x

The KJV translates Strong's H7069 in the following manner: Buy (46x), get (15x), purchased (5x), buyer (3x), possessor (3x), possessed (2x), owner (1x), recover (1x), redeemed (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 84x
The KJV translates Strong's H7069 in the following manner: Buy (46x), get (15x), purchased (5x), buyer (3x), possessor (3x), possessed (2x), owner (1x), recover (1x), redeemed (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

  1. to get, acquire, create, buy, possess

    1. (Qal)

      1. to get, acquire, obtain

        1. of God originating, creating, redeeming His people

          1. possessor

        2. of Eve acquiring

        3. of acquiring knowledge, wisdom

      2. to buy

    2. (Niphal) to be bought

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to possess

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָנָה qânâh, kaw-naw'; a primitive root; to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own:—attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, × surely, × verily.
STRONGS H7069: Abbreviations
I. קָנָה 84 verb get, acquire (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician (Punic) מקנא, property [in cattle]; Assyrian ḳanû, gain, acquire, MeissnSuppl. 85; Arabic bdb088808 (bdb088809,bdb088810) acquire, procure; Sabean קני acquire, possess, CISiv, no. 89, 5.6, קני noun property Idib, no. 3, 8, 29, 3; Ethiopic bdb088809 acquire, subjugate; Aramaic קְנָא, bdb088811 (accquire); —
Qal81 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ק׳ Genesis 25:10 +; suffix קֶָ נ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 32:6, קָנָהוּ Leviticus 27:24; 3rd person feminine singularקָֽנְתָה Psalm 78:54; 2nd person masculine singular קָנִיתָ Exodus 15:16 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִקְנֶךְ Leviticus 22:11 +, וַיִ֫קֶן Genesis 33:19 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular קְנֵח Genesis 47:19 +; Infinitive absolute קָנֹה Leviticus 25:14; 1 Chronicles 21:24, קָנוֺ 2 Samuel 24:24; cstr. קְנֹה Proverbs 16:16, קְנוֺת Proverbs 16:16 +, etc.; Participle קֹנֶה Deuteronomy 28:68, קְוֺנֶה Proverbs 15:32 +, etc.; —
1. get, acquire (all poetry) :
a. of God as originating, creating, קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ Genesis 14:19, 22; Deuteronomy 32:6 (Israel), Psalm 139:13 (כִּלְֹיתָ֑י); Proverbs 8:22 (חכמה which see).
b. of God as victoriously redeeming his people Exodus 15:16; Isaiah 11:11; Psalm 74:2 (|| גָּאַל) object הַרוֶֿה Psalm 78:54.
c. of Eve, acquiring קַיִן, אֶתיֿ׳ (i.e. with the help of), Genesis 4:1 (J).
d. of acquiring wisdom, knowledge (only Proverbs): Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 4:5 (twice in verse); Proverbs 4:7 (twice in verse); Proverbs 15:32; Proverbs 16:16 (twice in verse); Proverbs 17:16; Proverbs 18:15; Proverbs 19:8; Proverbs 23:23.
2. elsewhere buy Exodus 21:2 (E), Genesis 47:22 (J), Genesis 50:13 (P), Leviticus 27:24(H), Deuteronomy 28:68; Isaiah 24:2; Jeremiah 13:1; Ezekiel 7:12; Proverbs 20:14 +; קֹנֶה owner, as purchaser Leviticus 25:30 (P) Isaiah 1:3; Zechariah 11:5 +.
Niph. be bought: Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִקְנָה Jeremiah 32:43; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִקָּנוּ Jeremiah 32:15.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix אָדָם חִקְנַנִי Zechariah 13:5; AV makes denominative of מִקְנֶה cattle; Thes RV MartiKau Buhl caused (one) to purchase me, i.e. made me a bondman; < We Now GASm read אֲרָמָה קִנְיָנִי — Participle מַקְנֶה see קנא.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7066.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:1; 14:19; 14:22; 25:10; 33:19; 47:19; 47:22; 50:13

Exodus

15:16; 15:16; 21:2

Leviticus

22:11; 25:14; 25:30; 27:24; 27:24

Deuteronomy

28:68; 28:68; 32:6; 32:6

2 Samuel

24:24

1 Chronicles

21:24

Psalms

74:2; 78:54; 78:54; 139:13

Proverbs

1:5; 4:5; 4:7; 8:22; 15:32; 15:32; 16:16; 16:16; 16:16; 17:16; 18:15; 19:8; 20:14; 23:23

Isaiah

1:3; 11:11; 24:2

Jeremiah

13:1; 32:15; 32:43

Ezekiel

7:12

Zechariah

11:5; 13:5

H7069

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Strong's Number H7069 matches the Hebrew קָנָה (qānâ),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:1 -

Now the man [fn]knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and [fn]gave birth to [fn]Cain, and she said, “I have gotten H7069 a [fn]man with the help of Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - Then he blessed him and said,

“Blessed be Abram of [fn]God Most High,

[fn]Possessor H7069 of heaven and earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - Then Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have [fn]raised my hand to Yahweh [fn]God Most High, [fn]possessor H7069 of heaven and earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10 - the field which Abraham bought H7069 from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19 - Then he bought H7069 a portion of a field where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred [fn]qesitah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:1 -

Now Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian official of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought H7069 him [fn]from the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:19 - “Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy H7069 us and our land for [fn]food, and we and our land will be slaves to Pharaoh. So give us seed, that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:20 -

So Joseph bought H7069 all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for [fn]every Egyptian sold his field because the famine was severe upon them. Thus the land became Pharaoh’s.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:22 - Only the land of the priests he did not buy H7069, for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they ate off the allotment which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore, they did not sell their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:23 - Then Joseph said to the people, “Behold, I have today bought H7069 you and your land for Pharaoh; now, here is seed for you, and you may sow the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30 - in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought H7069 along with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a burial site.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 - Indeed, his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre, which Abraham had bought H7069 along with the field for his possession as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite.
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