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Strong's H7068 קִנְאָה (qinah)

Qinah means “jealousy” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7068
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 41
Books 12

Strong's H7068 Quick Answer

Strong's H7068 קִנאָה (qin'ah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. qin'ah (kin-aw') n-f. 1. jealousy or envy [from H7065] It has 41 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include jealousy, zeal, and envy. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
qin'ah (kin-aw') n-f. 1. jealousy or envy [from H7065]
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
jealousy, zeal, and envy

Meaning and Definition

qin'ah (kin-aw') n-f. 1. jealousy or envy [from H7065] KJV: envy(-ied), jealousy, X sake, zeal. Root(s): H7065

Original Word
קִנאָה
Transliteration
qin'ah
Derivation
Root: קנא First root strongs: 7065
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7068. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

jealousy

Usage: 1) ardour, zeal, jealousy 1a) ardour, jealousy, jealous disposition (of husband) 1a1) sexual passion 1b) ardour of zeal (of religious zeal) 1b1) of men for God 1b2) of men for the house of God 1b3) of God for his people 1c) ardour of anger 1c1) of men against adversaries 1c2) of God against men 1d) envy (of man) 1e) jealousy (resulting in the wrath of God)

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How Strong's H7068 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render qin'ah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

jealousy Numbers 5:14 23× zeal 2 Kings 10:16 envy Job 5:2

How Strong's H7068 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 41 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7068 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7068 in the Old Testament

41 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Numbers 5:14 KJV

And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

Numbers 5:15 KJV

Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

Numbers 5:18 KJV

And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7068.

Numbers 5:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:
Numbers 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
Numbers 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
Numbers 5:25 Old Testament, KJV
Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:
Numbers 5:29 Old Testament, KJV
This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
Numbers 5:30 Old Testament, KJV
Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
Numbers 25:11 Old Testament, KJV
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
Deuteronomy 29:20 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
2 Kings 10:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
2 Kings 19:31 Old Testament, KJV
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
Job 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Psalms 69:9 Old Testament, KJV
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Psalms 79:5 Old Testament, KJV
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms 119:139 Old Testament, KJV
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
Proverbs 6:34 Old Testament, KJV
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Proverbs 14:30 Old Testament, KJV
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs 27:4 Old Testament, KJV
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Ecclesiastes 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Song of Solomon 8:6 Old Testament, KJV
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Isaiah 9:7 Old Testament, KJV
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
Isaiah 11:13 Old Testament, KJV
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Isaiah 26:11 Old Testament, KJV
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
Isaiah 37:32 Old Testament, KJV
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
Isaiah 42:13 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
Isaiah 59:17 Old Testament, KJV
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
Isaiah 63:15 Old Testament, KJV
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Ezekiel 5:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
Ezekiel 8:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
Ezekiel 8:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
Ezekiel 16:38 Old Testament, KJV
And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
Ezekiel 16:42 Old Testament, KJV
So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
Ezekiel 23:25 Old Testament, KJV
And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.
Ezekiel 35:11 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.
Ezekiel 36:5 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
Ezekiel 36:6 Old Testament, KJV
Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
Ezekiel 38:19 Old Testament, KJV
For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
Zephaniah 1:18 Old Testament, KJV
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Zephaniah 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Zechariah 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
Zechariah 8:2 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7068, grouped by book.

Numbers 7 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 7 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 10 usages, Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7068 FAQ

What does qinah (קִנְאָה) mean?

Qinah (Strong's H7068) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "jealousy". qin'ah (kin-aw') n-f. 1. jealousy or envy [from H7065]

How many times is qinah (קִנְאָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's H7068 across 12 books.

Where can I study qinah (קִנְאָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7068 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate qinah (קִנְאָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as jealousy, zeal, and envy. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.