Names of God: Yahweh- Qanna

 Yahweh- Qanna means the Lord is jealous. The word derives from the Hebrew kanna.

The Lord tells us he is a jealous and envious God.

“Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.”  {Exodus 20:5}

“For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”  {Exodus 34:14}

“For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.”  {Deuteronomy 4:24}

“(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.”  {Deuteronomy 6:15}