King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7077
Transliteration: qanan
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-nan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make a nest
Meaning: to nestle, build, occupy as a, nest
Word Summary
qanan: to make a nest
Original Word: קָנַןTransliteration: qanan
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-nan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make a nest
Meaning: to nestle, build, occupy as a, nest
Strong's 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
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7077. qanan
[קִנֵּן] verb denominative Pi`el make a nest, nest; — Perfect3feminine singular קִנְּנָה Isaiah 34:15; 3plural קִנְנוּ Ezekiel 31:6 (in figurative); Imperfect3masculine singular יְקַנֵּנ֑וּ Psalm 104:17; 3feminine singular תְּקַנֵּן Jeremiah 48:28 (simile).
Pu`al Participle 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).