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Strong's H7069 קָנָה (qanah)

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

Strong's Number H7069
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 76
Books 20

Strong's H7069 Quick Answer

Strong's H7069 קָנָה (qanah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. qanah (kaw-naw') v. 1. to erect, i.e. create 2. by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell) It has 76 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include buy, bought, sell, own, and have. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
qanah (kaw-naw') v. 1. to erect, i.e. create 2. by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell)
Usage
76 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
buy, bought, sell, own, and have

Meaning and Definition

qanah (kaw-naw') v. 1. to erect, i.e. create 2. by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell) 3. (by implication) to own [a primitive root] KJV: attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, X surely, X verily.

Original Word
קָנָה
Transliteration
qanah
Derivation
Root: קנה
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7069. 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)

to buy

Usage: 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 1b) (Niphal) to be bought 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to possess Aramaic equivalent: qe.na (קְנָא "to buy" H7066)

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How Strong's H7069 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render qanah, 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.

buy Genesis 47:19 19× bought Genesis 33:19 sell Leviticus 25:14 own 2 Samuel 12:3 have Genesis 4:1 attain Proverbs 1:5

How Strong's H7069 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 76 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7069 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 H7069 in the Old Testament

76 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 4:1 KJV

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

Genesis 14:19 KJV

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

Genesis 14:22 KJV

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

Usage Excerpts

First 76 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7069.

Genesis 4:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Genesis 14:19 Old Testament, KJV
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
Genesis 14:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
Genesis 25:10 Old Testament, KJV
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
Genesis 33:19 Old Testament, KJV
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
Genesis 39:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
Genesis 47:19 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
Genesis 47:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
Genesis 47:22 Old Testament, KJV
Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
Genesis 47:23 Old Testament, KJV
Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
Genesis 49:30 Old Testament, KJV
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
Genesis 50:13 Old Testament, KJV
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
Exodus 15:16 Old Testament, KJV
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
Exodus 21:2 Old Testament, KJV
If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
Leviticus 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
Leviticus 25:14 Old Testament, KJV
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
Leviticus 25:15 Old Testament, KJV
According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
Leviticus 25:28 Old Testament, KJV
But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
Leviticus 25:30 Old Testament, KJV
And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
Leviticus 25:44 Old Testament, KJV
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Leviticus 25:45 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
Leviticus 25:50 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
Leviticus 27:24 Old Testament, KJV
In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
Deuteronomy 28:68 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
Deuteronomy 32:6 Old Testament, KJV
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Joshua 24:32 Old Testament, KJV
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
Ruth 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
Ruth 4:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
Ruth 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
Ruth 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.
Ruth 4:10 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
2 Samuel 12:3 Old Testament, KJV
But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
2 Samuel 24:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
2 Samuel 24:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
1 Kings 16:24 Old Testament, KJV
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
2 Kings 12:12 Old Testament, KJV
And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
2 Kings 22:6 Old Testament, KJV
Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
1 Chronicles 21:24 Old Testament, KJV
And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
2 Chronicles 34:11 Old Testament, KJV
Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
Nehemiah 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
Nehemiah 5:16 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
Psalms 74:2 Old Testament, KJV
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
Psalms 78:54 Old Testament, KJV
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
Psalms 139:13 Old Testament, KJV
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
Proverbs 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs 4:5 Old Testament, KJV
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs 8:22 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Proverbs 15:32 Old Testament, KJV
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Proverbs 16:16 Old Testament, KJV
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Proverbs 17:16 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Proverbs 18:15 Old Testament, KJV
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Proverbs 19:8 Old Testament, KJV
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Proverbs 20:14 Old Testament, KJV
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Proverbs 23:23 Old Testament, KJV
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Ecclesiastes 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
Isaiah 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Isaiah 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Isaiah 24:2 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
Isaiah 43:24 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
Jeremiah 13:1 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
Jeremiah 13:2 Old Testament, KJV
So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
Jeremiah 13:4 Old Testament, KJV
Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
Jeremiah 19:1 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;
Jeremiah 32:7 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
Jeremiah 32:8 Old Testament, KJV
So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
Jeremiah 32:9 Old Testament, KJV
And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
Jeremiah 32:15 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
Jeremiah 32:25 Old Testament, KJV
And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 32:43 Old Testament, KJV
And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah 32:44 Old Testament, KJV
Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
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.
Amos 8:6 Old Testament, KJV
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Zechariah 11:5 Old Testament, KJV
Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
Zechariah 13:5 Old Testament, KJV
But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7069, grouped by book.

Genesis 12 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 9 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Ruth 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 11 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 11 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7069 FAQ

What does qanah (קָנָה) mean?

Qanah (Strong's H7069) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "purchase". qanah (kaw-naw') v. 1. to erect, i.e. create 2. by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell)

How many times is qanah (קָנָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 76 linked usages for Strong's H7069 across 20 books.

Where can I study qanah (קָנָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7069 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate qanah (קָנָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as buy, bought, sell, own, have, and attain. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.