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# קִנְאָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7068

**ardour** — used 43 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

ardour [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7068/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קִנְאָה: n.f. ardour, zeal, jealousy [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7068/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ardour, zeal, jealousy (from colour produced in face by deep emotion);—abs. ק׳ Nu 5:14 +; cstr. קִנְאַת Is 9:6; sf. קִנְאָתִי Nu 25:11 +, etc.; pl. קְנָאֹת Nu 5:15, 18, 25, 29;— ardour of jealousy of husband Pr 6:34; 27:4; רוּחַ ק׳ jealous disposition Nu 5:14(×2), 30 (P); offering for jealousy, מנחת ק׳ v 15, 18, 25 (P); תּוֹרַת הק׳ v 29 (P); of rivalry Ec 4:4; 9:6; Ephr. against Judah Is 11:13; ardent love, ‖ אהבה Ct 8:6. ardour of zeal: of men for God Nu 25:11(×2) (P) 2 K 10:16; for the house of י׳ ψ 69:10. of God for his people, especially in battle Is 42:13; 63:15 Zc 1:14; 8:2; מְעִיל ק׳ Is 59:17; ק׳ י׳ תעשׂה זאת 9:6; 37:32 = 2 K 19:31. ardour of anger: of men against foes Ez 35:11 ψ 119:139; Jb 5:2 (‖ כעשׂ), Pr 14:30 (opp. לֵב מַרְפֵּא). of God against men, ‖ חֵמָה Ez 5:13; 16:38, 42; 23:25; 36:6; ‖ עֶבְרָה 38:19; ‖ אַף Dt 29:19; + אֵשׁ Is 26:11; Ez 36:5; Zp 1:18; 3:8 ψ 79:5; סֵמֶל הַק׳ הַמַּקְנֶה Ez 8:3 the anger-image provoking to anger; ס׳ הק׳ alone v 5.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 41 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: jealousy (17); zeal (7); the zeal (4).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 14:30](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.30/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.30/#tree)

חַיֵּ֣י בְ֭שָׂרִים לֵ֣ב מַרְפֵּ֑א וּרְקַ֖ב עֲצָמ֣וֹת קִנְאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].the.life of.bodies a.heart of.health and.\[is\] rottenness of.bones jealousy

*JPS 1917:* A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

[Job 5:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.2/#tree)

כִּֽי־לֶֽ֭אֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּ֑עַשׂ וּ֝פֹתֶ֗ה תָּמִ֥ית קִנְאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) (to).a fool it.slays vexation and a.simple.\[person\] it.kills jealousy

*JPS 1917:* For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7068/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).