Bible Names

Cana: meaning of the name

Cana means “zeal; jealousy; possession.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Cana in Hebrew and Greek

Κανᾶ G2580

Kanâ — Cana, a place in Palestine

of Hebrew origin (compare H07071);

Places named Cana

Cana in Scripture

“Cana” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.

  • John 2:1

    And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

  • John 2:11

    This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

  • John 4:46

    So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

  • John 21:2

    There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.