Lexical Definition

‎קָנָה‎ qânâh (kaw-naw') to buy ^H:V
a primitive root

attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, [idiom] surely, [idiom] verily.

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

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

See Greek: ἀγαπάω · ἀγοράζω · γέννημα · κτάομαι · κτίζω · λυτρόω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: qe.na (‎ק‎ְ‎נ‎ָ‎א‎ "to buy" קְנָא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎קָנָה‎₈₄ verb get, acquire (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician (Punic) ‎מקנא‎, property [in cattle]; Assyrian ‡anû, gain, acquire, Meissn^{Suppl. 85}; Arabic (,) acquire, procure; Sabean ‎קני‎ acquire, possess, CIS^iv,no.89,5.6, ‎קני‎ noun property Id^{ib,no.3,8,29,3}; Ethiopic acquire, subjugate; Aramaic ‎קְנָא‎, (accquire); —

Qal₈₁ Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Gen 25:10 +; suffix ‎קֶָ נ֑ךָ‎ Deut 32:6, ‎קָנָהוּ‎ Lev 27:24 3 feminine singular‎קָֽנְתָה‎ Ps 78:54 2 masculine singular ‎קָנִיתָ‎ Exod 15:16 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִקְנֶךְ‎ Lev 22:11 +, ‎וַיִ֫קֶן‎ Gen 33:19 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎קְנֵח‎ Gen 47:19 +; Infinitive absolute ‎קָנֹה‎ Lev 25:14; 1Chr 21:24, ‎קָנוֺ‎ 2Sam 24:24 cstr. ‎קְנֹה‎ Prov 16:16, ‎קְנוֺת‎ Prov 16:16 +, etc.; Participle ‎קֹנֶה‎ Deut 28:68, ‎קְוֺנֶה‎ Prov 15:32 +, etc.; —

1. get, acquire (all poetry) :
a. of God as originating, creating, ‎קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ‎ Gen 14:19; Gen 14:22; Deut 32:6 (Israel), Ps 139:13 (‎כִּלְֹיתָ֑י‎); Prov 8:22 ( ‎חכמה‎ q. v.).
b. of God as victoriously redeeming his people Exod 15:16; Isa 11:11; Ps 74:2 (|| ‎גָּאַל‎) object ‎הַרוֶֿה‎ Ps 78:54.
c. of Eve, acquiring ‎קַיִן‎, ‎׳‎‎אֶתיֿ‎ (i.e. with the help of), Gen 4:1 (J).
d. of acquiring wisdom, knowledge (only Proverbs): Prov 1:5; Prov 4:5 (twice in verse); Prov 4:7 (twice in verse); Prov 15:32; Prov 16:16 (twice in verse); Prov 17:16; Prov 18:15; Prov 19:8; Prov 23:23.

2. elsewhere buy Exod 21:2 (E), Gen 47:22 (J), Gen 50:13 (P), Lev 27:24(H), Deut 28:68; Isa 24:2; Jer 13:1; Ezek 7:12; Prov 20:14 +; ‎קֹנֶה‎ owner, as purchaser Lev 25:30 (P) Isa 1:3; Zech 11:5 +. Niph`al be bought: Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִקְנָה‎ Jer 32:43 Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יִקָּנוּ‎ vJer 32:15. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎אָדָם חִקְנַנִי‎ Zech 13:5 AV makes denominative of ‎מִקְנֶה‎ cattle; Thes RV Marti^Kau Buhl caused (one) to purchase me, i.e. made me a bondman; < We Now GASm read ‎אֲרָמָה קִנְיָנִי‎ — Participle ‎מַקְנֶה‎ see ‎קנא‎.

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