Usually translated as
buy, get, buyer, possessor, attain, teach to keep cattle, recover, provoke to jealousy, possess, purchase, redeem, surely, verily
Occurrences
Qânâh occurs 84 times in 75 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (12), Exodus (2), Leviticus (9), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (1), Ruth (5), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (2), Psalms (3), Proverbs (11), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (11), Ezekiel (1), Amos (1), Zechariah (2)
- Genesis 4:1 — And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten (קָנִ֥יתִי) a man from the LORD.
- Genesis 14:19 — And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor (קֹנֵ֖ה) of heaven and earth:
- Genesis 14:22 — And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor (קֹנֵ֖ה) of heaven and earth,
- Genesis 25:10 — The field which Abraham purchased (קָנָ֥ה) of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
- Genesis 33:19 — And he bought (וַיִּ֜קֶן) a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.
- Genesis 39:1 — And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought (וַיִּקְנֵ֡הוּ) him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
- Genesis 47:19 — Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy (קְנֵֽה) us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
- Genesis 47:20 — And Joseph bought (וַיִּ֨קֶן) all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s.
- Genesis 47:22 — Only the land of the priests bought (קָנָ֑ה) he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
- Genesis 47:23 — Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought (קָנִ֨יתִי) you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
- Genesis 49:30 — In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought (קָנָ֨ה) with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
- Genesis 50:13 — For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought (קָנָה֩) with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
- Exodus 15:16 — Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased (קָנִֽיתָ).
- Exodus 21:2 — If thou buy (תִקְנֶה֙) an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
- Leviticus 22:11 — But if the priest buy (יִקְנֶ֥ה) any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
- Leviticus 25:14 — And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest (קָנֹ֖ה) ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
- Leviticus 25:15 — According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy (תִּקְנֶ֖ה) of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
- Leviticus 25:28 — But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought (הַקֹּנֶ֣ה) it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
- Leviticus 25:30 — And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought (לַקֹּנֶ֥ה) it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
- Leviticus 25:44 — Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy (תִּקְנ֖וּ) bondmen and bondmaids.
- Leviticus 25:45 — Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy (תִּקְנ֔וּ), and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
- Leviticus 25:50 — And he shall reckon with him that bought (קֹנֵ֔הוּ) him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
- Leviticus 27:24 — In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought (קָנָ֖הוּ), even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
- Deuteronomy 28:68 — And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy (קֹנֶֽה) you.
- Deuteronomy 32:6 — Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought (קָּנֶ֔ךָ) thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
- Joshua 24:32 — And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought (קָנָ֧ה) of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
- Ruth 4:4 — And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy (קְ֠נֵה) it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
- Ruth 4:5 — Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest (קְנוֹתְךָ֥) the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
- Ruth 4:5 — Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy (קָנִ֔יתָה) it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
- Ruth 4:8 — Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy (קְנֵה) it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
- Ruth 4:9 — And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought (קָנִ֙יתִי֙) all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
- Ruth 4:10 — Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased (קָנִ֧יתִי) to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
- 2 Samuel 12:3 — But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought (קָנָ֔ה) and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
- 2 Samuel 24:21 — And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy (לִקְנ֧וֹת) the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
- 2 Samuel 24:24 — And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy (קָנ֨וֹ) it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
- 2 Samuel 24:24 — And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy (וַיִּ֨קֶן) it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
- 2 Samuel 24:24 — And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought (אֶקְנֶ֤ה) the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
- 1 Kings 16:24 — And he bought (וַיִּ֜קֶן) the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
- 2 Kings 12:12 — And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy (וְלִקְנ֤וֹת) timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
- 2 Kings 22:6 — Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy (וְלִקְנ֤וֹת) timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
- 1 Chronicles 21:24 — And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy (אֶקְנֶ֖ה) it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
- 1 Chronicles 21:24 — And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy (קָנֹ֥ה) it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
- 2 Chronicles 34:11 — Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy (לִקְנוֹת֙) hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
- Nehemiah 5:8 — And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed (קָ֠נִינוּ) our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
- Nehemiah 5:16 — Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought (קָנִ֑ינוּ) we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
- Psalms 74:2 — Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased (קָ֘נִ֤יתָ) of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
- Psalms 78:54 — And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased (קָנְתָ֥ה).
- Psalms 139:13 — For thou hast possessed (קָנִ֣יתָ) my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
- Proverbs 1:5 — A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain (יִקְנֶֽה) unto wise counsels:
- Proverbs 4:5 — Get (קְנֵ֣ה) wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.