Hebrew · Strong's H7069 · Verb
קָנָה
qa·nah
to buy
84times used
75verses
20books
How it's translated
- buy5
- you will buy5
- and he bought3
- to buy3
- and to acquire3
- the creator of2
- he had acquired2
- he bought2
Definition
1) to get, acquire, create, buy, possess
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to get, acquire, obtain
1a1a) of God originating, creating, redeeming His people
1a1a1) possessor
1a1b) of Eve acquiring
1a1c) of acquiring knowledge, wisdom
1a2) to buy
The forms it takes
Form
- Perfect (qatal) 29% a complete action, usually past
- Infinitive 17% “to …”, or for emphasis
- Participle 15% one who is doing
- Imperative 14% a command
- Imperfect (yiqtol) 13% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
- Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 8% and then …: the storyteller’s past
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Between Hebrew and Greek
The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:
Where it appears
Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi
- Genesis12
- Proverbs11
- Jeremiah11
- Leviticus9
- Ruth5
- Isaiah4
- 2 Samuel3
- Psalms3
- Exodus2
- Deuteronomy2
…and 10 more books.
Every verse
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