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Lexicon :: Strong's H3665 - kānaʿ

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כָּנַע
Transliteration
kānaʿ
Pronunciation
kaw-nah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1001

Strong’s Definitions

כָּנַע kânaʻ, kaw-nah'; a primitive root; properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish:—bring down (low), into subjection, under, humble (self), subdue.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H3665 in the following manner: humble (18x), subdue (11x), bring low (2x), bring down (3x), subjection (1x), miscellaneous (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H3665 in the following manner: humble (18x), subdue (11x), bring low (2x), bring down (3x), subjection (1x), miscellaneous (1x).

  1. to be humble, be humbled, be subdued, be brought down, be low, be under, be brought into subjection

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to humble oneself

      2. to be humbled, be subdued

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to humble

      2. to subdue

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּנַע kânaʻ, kaw-nah'; a primitive root; properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish:—bring down (low), into subjection, under, humble (self), subdue.
STRONGS H3665: Abbreviations
† [כָּנַע] verb be humble, only in derived conjugation (Aramaic כְּנַע id.; Arabic bdb048808 is be contracted, wrinkled; also fold wings (of eagle)) —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִכְנַע 1 Kings 21:29 + 3 times; 3rd person plural נִכְנְעוּ 2 Chronicles 12:7; 30:11; נִכְנָ֑עוּ 2 Chronicles 12:7; Imperfect יִכָּנַע Leviticus 26:41 + 3 times; 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּכָּנַע Judges 3:30; 2nd person masculine singular וַתִּכָּנַע 2 Kings 22:19 + 2 times; 3rd person masculine plural וְיִכָּֽנְעוּ 2 Chronicles 7:14 + 5 times; יִכָּנֵ֑עוּ 1 Chronicles 20:4; Infinitive הִכָּנַע 2 Chronicles 33:23; suffix הִכָּֽנְעוֺ 2 Chronicles 12:12; 33:19; —
1. reflexive. humble oneself Leviticus 26:41 (H; subject לְבָבָם), 2 Chronicles 7:14; 12:6, 7 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 12:12; 30:11; 32:26; 33:19, 23; before some one, לִפְנֵי 2 Chronicles 34:27; מִלִּפְנֵי 1 Kings 21:29; 2 Chronicles 33:12, 23; 34:27; 36:12; מִפְּנֵי 1 Kings 21:29; 2 Kings 22:19.
2. passive be humbled, subdued 1 Samuel 7:13; 1 Chronicles 20:4; 2 Chronicles 13:18; followed by לִפְנֵי person Judges 8:28; מִפְּנֵי Judges 11:33; under some one תַּחַת Judges 3:30; Psalm 106:42.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִכְנִיעַ 2 Chronicles 28:19; 1st person singular הִכְנַעְתִּי 1 Chronicles 17:10; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיַּכְנַע Judges 4:23; Psalm 107:12; suffix יַכְנִיעֵם Deuteronomy 9:3 + 2 times; 2nd person masculine singular תַּכְנִיעַ Isaiah 25:5; וַתַּכְנַע Nehemiah 9:24; 1st person singular אַכְנִיעַ Psalm 81:15; Imperative הַכְנִיעֵהוּ Job 40:12; —
1. humble 2 Chronicles 28:19; Job 40:12; Psalm 107:12 (object לֵב), Isaiah 25:5 (object שְׁאוֺן זָרִים).
2. subdue enemies 2 Samuel 8:1 = 1 Chronicles 18:1; 1 Chronicles 17:10; Psalm 81:15; followed by לִפְנֵי Deuteronomy 9:3; Judges 4:23; Nehemiah 9:24.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

26:41; 26:41

Deuteronomy

9:3; 9:3

Judges

3:30; 3:30; 4:23; 4:23; 8:28; 11:33

1 Samuel

7:13

2 Samuel

8:1

1 Kings

21:29; 21:29; 21:29

2 Kings

22:19; 22:19

1 Chronicles

17:10; 17:10; 18:1; 20:4; 20:4

2 Chronicles

7:14; 7:14; 12:6; 12:7; 12:7; 12:7; 12:12; 12:12; 13:18; 28:19; 28:19; 30:11; 30:11; 32:26; 33:12; 33:19; 33:19; 33:23; 33:23; 33:23; 34:27; 34:27; 36:12

Nehemiah

9:24; 9:24

Job

40:12; 40:12

Psalms

81:15; 81:15; 106:42; 107:12; 107:12

Isaiah

25:5; 25:5

H3665

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Strong's Number H3665 matches the Hebrew כָּנַע (kānaʿ),
which occurs 36 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:41 - I also was walking in hostility against them, to bring them into the land of their enemies—or if their uncircumcised heart becomes H3665 humbled H3665 so that they then make up for their iniquity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:3 - “So you shall know today that it is Yahweh your God who is crossing over before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them, and He will subdue H3665 them before you, so that you may dispossess them and make them perish quickly, just as Yahweh has spoken to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:30 - So Moab was subdued H3665 that day under the hand of Israel. And the land was quiet for eighty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:23 -

So God subdued H3665 on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:28 - So Midian was subdued H3665 before the sons of Israel, and they did not lift up their heads anymore. And the land was quiet for forty years in the days of Gideon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33 - And he struck them with a very great slaughter from Aroer [fn]to the entrance of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim. So the sons of Ammon were subdued H3665 before the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:13 - So the Philistines were subdued H3665, and they did not come anymore within the border of Israel. And the hand of Yahweh was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:1 -

Now it happened afterwards, that David struck the Philistines and subdued H3665 them; and David took [fn]control of the chief city from the hand of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:29 - “Do you see how Ahab has humbled H3665 himself before Me? Because he has humbled H3665 himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days, but I will bring the evil upon his house in his son’s days.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:19 - because your heart was soft and you humbled H3665 yourself before Yahweh when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they should become an object of horror, and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:10 - even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. And I will subdue H3665 all your enemies.

And I tell you that Yahweh will build a house for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:1 -

Now it happened afterwards, that David struck the Philistines and subdued H3665 them and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:4 -

Now it happened afterwards, that war [fn]broke out at [fn]Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, one among those born of the [fn]giants, and they were subdued H3665.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:14 - and My people [fn]who are called by My name humble H3665 themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, then I will listen from heaven, I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:6 - So the princes of Israel and the king humbled H3665 themselves and said, “Yahweh is righteous.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:7 -

When Yahweh saw that they humbled H3665 themselves, the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled H3665 themselves so I will not bring them to ruin, but I will grant them some measure of escape, and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12 - And when he humbled H3665 himself, the anger of Yahweh turned away from him, so as not to ruin him completely; and also conditions were good in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:18 - Thus the sons of Israel were subdued H3665 at that time, and the sons of Judah were strong because they leaned upon Yahweh, the God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:19 - For Yahweh humbled H3665 Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had caused it to be out of control in Judah and was very unfaithful to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:11 - Nevertheless some men of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled H3665 themselves and came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:26 - However, Hezekiah [fn]humbled H3665 the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Yahweh did not come on them in the days of Hezekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:12 - And when he was in distress, he entreated Yahweh his God and humbled H3665 himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - His prayer also and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the [fn]Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled H3665 himself, behold, they are written in the chronicles of the [fn]Hozai.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:23 - Moreover, he did not humble H3665 himself before Yahweh as his father Manasseh had humbled H3665 himself, but Amon multiplied guilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:27 - because your heart was soft and you humbled H3665 yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled H3665 yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:12 - And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God; he did not humble H3665 himself before Jeremiah the prophet who spoke from the mouth of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:24 -

“So their sons entered and possessed the land.

And You subdued H3665 before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites,

And You gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land,

To do with them according to their desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:12 -

“Look on everyone who is proud, and humble H3665 him,

And tread down the wicked [fn]in their place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:14 -

“I would quickly subdue H3665 their enemies

And I would turn My hand against their adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:42 -

Their enemies oppressed them,

And they were subdued H3665 under their hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 -

So He subdued H3665 their heart with labor;

They stumbled and there was none to help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 -

Like heat in a dry land, You subdue H3665 the rumbling of strangers;

Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is [fn]silenced.

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