Qânan — H7077

Definition

verb

to nestle, i.e. build or occupy as anest

1. to make a nest
1. (Piel) to make a nest
2. (Pual) to be nested

Usually translated as

make...nest

Origin

a primitive root; to erect; but used only as denominative from H7064

• Derived from Qên (H7064)

Occurrences

Qânan occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (1)

• Psalms 104:17 — Where the birds make their nests (יְקַנֵּ֑נוּ): as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
• Isaiah 34:15 — There shall the great owl make her nest (קִנְּנָ֤ה), and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
• Jeremiah 22:23 — O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest (מְקֻנַּ֖נְתְּ) in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
• Jeremiah 48:28 — O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest (תְּקַנֵּ֖ן) in the sides of the hole’s mouth.
• Ezekiel 31:6 — All the fowls of heaven made their nests (קִֽנְנוּ֙) in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.