Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7077 - קָנַן qanan (to make a nest)

Original Word:	קָנַן
Transliteration:	qanan
Definition:	to make a nest
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(kaw-nan')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

make

A primitive root; to erect; but used only as denominative from qen; to nestle, i.e. Build or occupy as a nest -- make...nest.

see HEBREW qen

Englishman's Concordance

1) to make a nest
1a) (Piel) to make a nest
1b) (Pual) to be nested
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2042

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[קִנֵּן] verb denominative Pi`elmake a nest, nest; — Perfect3feminine singular קִנְּנָהIsaiah 34:15; 3plural קִנְנוּEzekiel 31:6 (in figurative); Imperfect3masculine singular יְקַנֵּנ֑וּPsalm 104:17; 3feminine singular תְּקַנֵּןJeremiah 48:28 (simile).

Pu`alParticiple feminine singular מקננתי (Ges^{§ 90l}) Jeremiah 22:23 Kt (Qr מְקֻנַּנְתְּ; compare Ges^{§ 80d}) (thou) who art nested in the cedars (figurative).

קנץ (√ of following, si vera lectio; compare Arabic catch, capture, ensnare).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7077. קָנַן (qanan) — 5 Occurrences

Psalm 104:17
HEB:שָׁ֭ם צִפֳּרִ֣ים יְקַנֵּ֑נוּ חֲ֝סִידָ֗ה בְּרוֹשִׁ֥ים
NAS: the birds build their nests, [And] the stork,
KJV: Where the birds make their nests: [as for] the stork,
INT: in it the birds build the stork is the fir

Isaiah 34:15
HEB: שָׁ֣מָּה קִנְּנָ֤ה קִפּוֹז֙ וַתְּמַלֵּ֔ט
NAS: The tree snake will make its nest and lay
KJV: There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay,
INT: there will make the tree and lay

Jeremiah 22:23
HEB:[מְקֻנַּנְתִּי כ] (מְקֻנַּ֖נְתְּ ק) בָּֽאֲרָזִ֑ים
NAS: in Lebanon, Nested in the cedars,
KJV: of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars,
INT: abide Lebanon make the cedars How

Jeremiah 48:28
HEB:וִֽהְי֣וּ כְיוֹנָ֔ה תְּקַנֵּ֖ן בְּעֶבְרֵ֥י פִי־
NAS: And be like a dove that nests Beyond
KJV: and be like the dove [that] maketh her nest in the sides
INT: and be like A dove nests Beyond the mouth

Ezekiel 31:6
HEB: בִּסְעַפֹּתָ֤יו קִֽנְנוּ֙ כָּל־ ע֣וֹף
NAS: of the heavens nested in its boughs,
KJV: of heaven made their nests in his boughs,
INT: boughs nested All the birds

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