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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 4:1Genesis 14:19Genesis 14:22Genesis 25:10Genesis 33:19Genesis 39:1Genesis 47:19Genesis 47:20Genesis 47:22Genesis 47:23Genesis 49:30Genesis 50:13
Exodus — 2×
Exodus 15:16Exodus 21:2
Leviticus — 9×
Leviticus 22:11Leviticus 25:14Leviticus 25:15Leviticus 25:28Leviticus 25:30Leviticus 25:44Leviticus 25:45Leviticus 25:50Leviticus 27:24
Deuteronomy — 2×
Deuteronomy 28:68Deuteronomy 32:6
Joshua — 1×
Joshua 24:32
Ruth — 6×
Ruth 4:4Ruth 4:5Ruth 4:8Ruth 4:9Ruth 4:10+ 1 more in Ruth
2 Samuel — 5×
2 Sam 12:32 Sam 24:212 Sam 24:24+ 2 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings — 1×
1 Ki 16:24
2 Kings — 2×
2 Ki 12:122 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 5:8Nehemiah 5:16
Psalms — 3×
Psalms 74:2Psalms 78:54Psalms 139:13
Proverbs — 14×
Proverbs 1:5Proverbs 4:5Proverbs 4:7Proverbs 8:22Proverbs 15:32Proverbs 16:16Proverbs 17:16Proverbs 18:15Proverbs 19:8Proverbs 20:14Proverbs 23:23+ 3 more in Proverbs
Ecclesiastes — 1×
Eccles 2:7
Isaiah — 4×
Isaiah 1:3Isaiah 11:11Isaiah 24:2Isaiah 43:24
Jeremiah — 13×
Jeremiah 13:1Jeremiah 13:2Jeremiah 13:4Jeremiah 19:1Jeremiah 32:7Jeremiah 32:8Jeremiah 32:9Jeremiah 32:15Jeremiah 32:25Jeremiah 32:43Jeremiah 32:44+ 2 more in Jeremiah
Ezekiel — 1×
Ezekiel 7:12
Amos — 1×
Amos 8:6
Zechariah — 2×
Zech 11:5Zech 13:5

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.