Hebrew word study

קָנָהqânâh — to erect, i.e. create

Pronounced “kaw-naw'”

to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own

Translated in the King James as: attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, surely, verily.

Appears 84 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 12×

Genesis 4:1 Genesis 14:19 Genesis 14:22 Genesis 25:10 Genesis 33:19 Genesis 39:1 Genesis 47:19 Genesis 47:20 Genesis 47:22 Genesis 47:23 Genesis 49:30 Genesis 50:13

Exodus — 2×

Exodus 15:16 Exodus 21:2

Leviticus — 9×

Leviticus 22:11 Leviticus 25:14 Leviticus 25:15 Leviticus 25:28 Leviticus 25:30 Leviticus 25:44 Leviticus 25:45 Leviticus 25:50 Leviticus 27:24

Deuteronomy — 2×

Deuteronomy 28:68 Deuteronomy 32:6

Joshua — 1×

Joshua 24:32

Ruth — 6×

Ruth 4:4 Ruth 4:5 Ruth 4:8 Ruth 4:9 Ruth 4:10+ 1 more in Ruth

2 Samuel — 5×

2 Sam 12:3 2 Sam 24:21 2 Sam 24:24+ 2 more in 2 Samuel

1 Kings — 1×

1 Ki 16:24

2 Kings — 2×

2 Ki 12:12 2 Ki 22:6

1 Chronicles — 2×

1 Chr 21:24+ 1 more in 1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles — 1×

2 Chr 34:11

Nehemiah — 2×

Nehemiah 5:8 Nehemiah 5:16

Psalms — 3×

Psalms 74:2 Psalms 78:54 Psalms 139:13

Proverbs — 14×

Proverbs 1:5 Proverbs 4:5 Proverbs 4:7 Proverbs 8:22 Proverbs 15:32 Proverbs 16:16 Proverbs 17:16 Proverbs 18:15 Proverbs 19:8 Proverbs 20:14 Proverbs 23:23+ 3 more in Proverbs

Ecclesiastes — 1×

Eccles 2:7

Isaiah — 4×

Isaiah 1:3 Isaiah 11:11 Isaiah 24:2 Isaiah 43:24

Jeremiah — 13×

Jeremiah 13:1 Jeremiah 13:2 Jeremiah 13:4 Jeremiah 19:1 Jeremiah 32:7 Jeremiah 32:8 Jeremiah 32:9 Jeremiah 32:15 Jeremiah 32:25 Jeremiah 32:43 Jeremiah 32:44+ 2 more in Jeremiah

Ezekiel — 1×

Ezekiel 7:12

Amos — 1×

Amos 8:6

Zechariah — 2×

Zech 11:5 Zech 13:5

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