Lexicon
קַנָּא
qan.na
H7067
H:A Hebrew

Jealous

6
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

qan.na describes God in passages forbidding worship of other gods and warning of anger and judgment.

Across the supplied verses, the adjective describes God in declarations that prohibit bowing to or serving other gods; the surrounding clauses also connect this description with consuming fire, anger, judgment, and destruction.

Senses in use

  1. God described amid exclusive-worship commands · dominant

    In Exodus 20:5 and Deuteronomy 5:9, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the reason given for not bowing to or serving other gods; the APB renders the clause "I the LORD your God am a jealous God." Deuteronomy 6:15 likewise places the form in a warning that the LORD's anger may burn and destroy, while Deuteronomy 4:24 calls the LORD "a consuming fire, a jealous God." Exodus 34:14 repeats the form in the prohibition against bowing to another god and in the statement that the LORD's name is "Jealous."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently uses "jealous" in its clauses describing God, including "whose name is Jealous" in Exodus 34:14. These renderings confirm the verse-level presentation rather than isolate each occurrence precisely.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture