קָנָה

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to get, acquire, create, buy, possess
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to be bought
• 4.(hiphil) to cause to possess

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: qânâh; Pronunciation: kaw-naw'