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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 86 times in 76 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 4:1–Pro 16:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:1 - Now Adam[fn] 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[fn] a man!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:19 - Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing:
“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I solemnly swear to the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10 - This was the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites and where he had buried his wife Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:19 - Why should we die before your very eyes? Buy us and our land in exchange for food; we offer our land and ourselves as slaves for Pharaoh. Just give us grain so we may live and not die, and so the land does not become empty and desolate.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:20 - So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. All the Egyptians sold him their fields because the famine was so severe, and soon all the land belonged to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:22 - The only land he did not buy was the land belonging to the priests. They received an allotment of food directly from Pharaoh, so they didn’t need to sell their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:23 - Then Joseph said to the people, “Look, today I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh. I will provide you with seed so you can plant the fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:30 - This is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a permanent burial site.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 - They carried his body to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the cave that Abraham had bought as a permanent burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:16 - terror and dread fall upon them.
The power of your arm
makes them lifeless as stone
until your people pass by, O LORD,
until the people you purchased pass by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:2 - “If you buy a Hebrew slave, he may serve for no more than six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:11 - However, if the priest buys a slave for himself, the slave may eat from the sacred offerings. And if his slaves have children, they also may share his food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - “When you make an agreement with your neighbor to buy or sell property, you must not take advantage of each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:15 - When you buy land from your neighbor, the price you pay must be based on the number of years since the last jubilee. The seller must set the price by taking into account the number of years remaining until the next Year of Jubilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:28 - But if the original owner cannot afford to buy back the land, it will remain with the new owner until the next Year of Jubilee. In the jubilee year, the land must be returned to the original owners so they can return to their family land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:30 - But if it is not bought back within a year, the sale of the house within the walled town cannot be reversed. It will become the permanent property of the buyer. It will not be returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44 - “However, you may purchase male and female slaves from among the nations around you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:45 - You may also purchase the children of temporary residents who live among you, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:50 - They will negotiate the price of their freedom with the person who bought them. The price will be based on the number of years from the time they were sold until the next Year of Jubilee—whatever it would cost to hire a worker for that period of time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:24 - In the Year of Jubilee the field must be returned to the person from whom he purchased it, the one who inherited it as family property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:68

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:68 - Then the LORD will send you back to Egypt in ships, to a destination I promised you would never see again. There you will offer to sell yourselves to your enemies as slaves, but no one will buy you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 - Is this the way you repay the LORD,
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t he your Father who created you?
Has he not made you and established you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 - The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought along with them when they left Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the parcel of ground Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor for 100 pieces of silver.[fn] This land was located in the territory allotted to the descendants of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:4 - I thought I should speak to you about it so that you can redeem it if you wish. If you want the land, then buy it here in the presence of these witnesses. But if you don’t want it, let me know right away, because I am next in line to redeem it after you.”
The man replied, “All right, I’ll redeem it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:5 - Then Boaz told him, “Of course, your purchase of the land from Naomi also requires that you marry Ruth, the Moabite widow. That way she can have children who will carry on her husband’s name and keep the land in the family.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:8 - So the other family redeemer drew off his sandal as he said to Boaz, “You buy the land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:9 - Then Boaz said to the elders and to the crowd standing around, “You are witnesses that today I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:10 - And with the land I have acquired Ruth, the Moabite widow of Mahlon, to be my wife. This way she can have a son to carry on the family name of her dead husband and to inherit the family property here in his hometown. You are all witnesses today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man’s own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - “Why have you come, my lord the king?” Araunah asked.
David replied, “I have come to buy your threshing floor and to build an altar to the LORD there, so that he will stop the plague.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:24 - But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings to the LORD my God that have cost me nothing.” So David paid him fifty pieces of silver[fn] for the threshing floor and the oxen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:24 - Then Omri bought the hill now known as Samaria from its owner, Shemer, for 150 pounds of silver.[fn] He built a city on it and called the city Samaria in honor of Shemer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:12 - the masons, and the stonecutters. They also used the money to buy the timber and the finished stone needed for repairing the LORD’s Temple, and they paid any other expenses related to the Temple’s restoration.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:6 - They will need to hire carpenters, builders, and masons. Also have them buy the timber and the finished stone needed to repair the Temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:24 - But King David replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it for the full price. I will not take what is yours and give it to the LORD. I will not present burnt offerings that have cost me nothing!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:11 - They hired carpenters and builders, who purchased finished stone for the walls and timber for the rafters and beams. They restored what earlier kings of Judah had allowed to fall into ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:8 - At the meeting I said to them, “We are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?” And they had nothing to say in their defense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:16 - I also devoted myself to working on the wall and refused to acquire any land. And I required all my servants to spend time working on the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:2 - Remember that we are the people you chose long ago,
the tribe you redeemed as your own special possession!
And remember Jerusalem,[fn] your home here on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:54

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:54 - He brought them to the border of his holy land,
to this land of hills he had won for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:13 - You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:5 - Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser.
Let those with understanding receive guidance

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:5 - Get wisdom; develop good judgment.
Don’t forget my words or turn away from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:7 - Getting wisdom is the wisest thing you can do!
And whatever else you do, develop good judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:22 - “The LORD formed me from the beginning,
before he created anything else.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:32 - If you reject discipline, you only harm yourself;
but if you listen to correction, you grow in understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:16 - How much better to get wisdom than gold,
and good judgment than silver!

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