King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7064
Transliteration: qen
Phonetic Spelling: (kane)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a nest
Meaning: a nest, the nestlings, a chamber, dwelling
Word Summary
qen: a nest
Original Word: קֵןTransliteration: qen
Phonetic Spelling: (kane)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a nest
Meaning: a nest, the nestlings, a chamber, dwelling
Strong's Concordance
nest, room Contracted from qanan; a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling -- nest, room.
see HEBREW qanan
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7064. qen
קֵן noun masculineDeuteronomy 22:6 nest; — absolute ׳ק Isaiah 10:14 +; construct קַןֿ Deuteronomy 22:6; suffix קִנּוֺ 32:11+, etc.; plural קִנִּים Genesis 6:14; —
1 nest, of bird Deuteronomy 22:6; Job 39:27; in sim Isaiah 10:14; Proverbs 27:8, of nestlings Deuteronomy 32:11; Isaiah 16:2 (מְשֻׁלָּח֑ קֵן), perhaps also עִםקִֿנִּי Job 29:18, but difficult, CheJQ July, 1897, 578 proposes זָקֵן or בִּוִקֻנַי (compare ᵐ5); nest on high, of rock-dwellings Numbers 24:21 (JE) Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 4; figurative of Chaldeans' secure abode Habakkuk 2:9; temple as secure home for Israel Psalm 84:4 (figurative of swallow).
2 cells, like nests, in Noah's ark Genesis 6:14 (P; read probably קִנִּים קִנִּים, so Lag Ol BuUrg.255 Di Holz Gunk).