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Lexicon :: Strong's H3665 - kānaʿ

Aa
כָּנַע
Transliteration
kānaʿ
Pronunciation
kaw-nah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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.
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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 BoxJdg 3:30 - So H3665➔ Moab H4124 was subdued ➔ H3665 that H1931 day H3117 under H8478 the hand H3027 of Israel. H3478 And H8252➔ the land H776 had rest ➔H8252 fourscore H8084 years. H8141

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:28 - Thus was H3665➔ Midian H4080 subdued ➔ H3665 before H6440 the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 so H3808➔ that they lifted up H5375 their heads H7218 no ➔H3808 more. H3254 And H8252➔ the country H776 was in quietness ➔H8252 forty H705 years H8141 in the days H3117 of Gideon. H1439

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33 - And he smote them H5221 from Aroer, H6177 even till H5704 thou come H935 to Minnith, H4511 even twenty H6242 cities, H5892 and unto H5704 the plain H64 of the vineyards, H64 with a H4347➔ very H3966 great H1419 slaughter. ➔H4347 Thus H3665➔ the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 were subdued ➔ H3665 before H6440 the children H1121 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:13 - So H3665➔ the Philistines H6430 were subdued, ➔ H3665 and H3808➔ they H3254➔ came H935 no ➔H3808 more ➔H3254 into the coast H1366 of Israel: H3478 and H1961➔ the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was ➔H1961 against the Philistines H6430 all H3605 the days H3117 of Samuel. H8050

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:1 - And H1961➔ after H310 this H3651 it came to pass, ➔H1961 that H5221➔ David H1732 smote ➔H5221 the Philistines, H6430 and subdued them: H3665 and H3947➔ David H1732 took ➔H3947 Methegammah H4965 H4965 out of the hand H3027 of the Philistines. H6430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:29 - Seest thou H7200 how H3588 Ahab H256 humbleth himself H3665 before me? H6440 because H3282 H3588 he humbleth himself H3665 before me, H6440 I will H935➔ not H3808 bring ➔H935 the evil H7451 in his days: H3117 but in H3117➔ his son's H1121 days ➔H3117 will I bring H935 the evil H7451 upon H5921 his house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:19 - Because H3282 thine heart H3824 was tender, H7401 and thou hast humbled thyself H3665 before H6440 the LORD, H3068 when thou heardest H8085 what H834 I spake H1696 against H5921 this H2088 place, H4725 and against H5921 the inhabitants thereof, H3427 that they should become H1961 a desolation H8047 and a curse, H7045 and hast rent H7167 thy clothes, H899 and wept H1058 before me; H6440 I H595 also H1571 have heard H8085 thee, saith H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:10 - And since the time H3117 that H834 I commanded H6680 judges H8199 to be over H5921 my people H5971 Israel. H3478 Moreover I will subdue H3665 all H3605 thine enemies. H341 Furthermore I tell H5046 thee that H1004➔ the LORD H3068 will build H1129 thee an house. ➔H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:1 - Now H1961➔ after H310 this H3651 it came to pass, ➔H1961 that H5221➔ David H1732 smote ➔H5221 the Philistines, H6430 and subdued them, H3665 and took H3947 Gath H1661 and her towns H1323 out of the hand H3027 of the Philistines. H6430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:4 - And it came to pass H1961 after H310 this, H3651 that there arose H5975 war H4421 at Gezer H1507 with H5973 the Philistines; H6430 at which time H227 Sibbechai H5444 the Hushathite H2843 slew H5221 Sippai, H5598 that was of the children H3211 of the giant: H7497 and they were subdued. H3665

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:14 - If H3665➔ my people, H5971 which H834 are called H7121 by my name, H8034 shall humble themselves, ➔ H3665 and pray, H6419 and seek H1245 my face, H6440 and turn H7725 from their H1870➔ wicked H7451 ways; ➔H1870 then H589➔ will H8085➔ I ➔H589 hear ➔H8085 from H4480 heaven, H8064 and will forgive H5545 their sin, H2403 and will heal H7495 their land. H776

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:6 - Whereupon H3665➔ the princes H8269 of Israel H3478 and the king H4428 humbled themselves; ➔ H3665 and they said, H559 The LORD H3068 is righteous. H6662

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:7 - And when H7200➔ the LORD H3068 saw ➔H7200 that H3588 they humbled themselves, H3665 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to H413 Shemaiah, H8098 saying, H559 They have humbled themselves; H3665 therefore I will H7843➔ not H3808 destroy them, ➔H7843 but I will grant H5414 them some H4592 deliverance; H6413 and H3808➔ my wrath H2534 shall H5413➔ not ➔H3808 be poured out ➔H5413 upon Jerusalem H3389 by the hand H3027 of Shishak. H7895

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12 - And when he humbled himself, H3665 the wrath H639 of the LORD H3068 turned H7725 from him, H4480 that H3808➔ he would H7843➔ not ➔H3808 destroy ➔H7843 him altogether: H3617 and also H1571 in Judah H3063 things H1697 went H1961 well. H2896

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:18 - Thus H3665➔ the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were brought under ➔ H3665 at H6256➔ that H1931 time, ➔H6256 and H553➔ the children H1121 of Judah H3063 prevailed, ➔H553 because H3588 they relied H8172 upon H5921 the LORD H3068 God H430 of their fathers. H1

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:19 - For H3588 the LORD H3068 brought H3665➔ Judah H3063 low ➔ H3665 because of H5668 Ahaz H271 king H4428 of Israel; H3478 for H3588 he made H6544➔ Judah H3063 naked, ➔H6544 and transgressed H4603 sore H4604 against the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:11 - Nevertheless H389 divers H376 of Asher H836 and Manasseh H4519 and of Zebulun H2074 humbled themselves, H3665 and came H935 to Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:26 - Notwithstanding H3665➔ Hezekiah H2396 humbled himself ➔ H3665 for the pride H1363 of his heart, H3820 both he H1931 and the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem, H3389 so that H3808➔ the wrath H7110 of the LORD H3068 came H935 not ➔H3808 upon them H5921 in the days H3117 of Hezekiah. H2396

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:12 - And when H6887➔ he was in affliction, ➔H6887 he besought H2470 the LORD H3068 his God, H430 and humbled himself H3665 greatly H3966 before H6440 the God H430 of his fathers, H1

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - His prayer also, H8605 and how God was intreated H6279 of him, and all H3605 his sin, H2403 and his trespass, H4604 and the places H4725 wherein he built H834 H1129 high places, H1116 and set up H5975 groves H842 and graven images, H6456 before H6440 he was humbled: H3665 behold, they H2005 are written H3789 among H5921 the sayings H1697 of the seers. H2335

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:23 - And H3808➔ humbled H3665➔ not ➔H3808 himself ➔ H3665 before H6440 the LORD, H3068 as H3665➔ Manasseh H4519 his father H1 had humbled himself; ➔ H3665 but H3588 Amon H526 trespassed H819 more and more. H7235

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:27 - Because H3282 thine heart H3824 was tender, H7401 and thou didst humble thyself H3665 before H6440 God, H430 when thou heardest H8085 his words H1697 against H5921 this H2088 place, H4725 and against H5921 the inhabitants thereof, H3427 and humbledst thyself H3665 before me, H6440 and didst rend H7167 thy clothes, H899 and weep H1058 before me; H6440 I H589 have H8085➔ even H1571➔ heard ➔H8085 thee also, ➔H1571 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:12 - And he did H6213 that which was evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 his God, H430 and humbled H3665➔ not H3808 himself ➔ H3665 before H6440 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 speaking from the mouth H6310 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:24 - So H935➔ the children H1121 went in ➔H935 and possessed H3423 the land, H776 and thou subduedst H3665 before them H6440 the inhabitants H3427 of the land, H776 the Canaanites, H3669 and gavest them H5414 into their hands, H3027 with H853 their kings, H4428 and H853 the people H5971 of the land, H776 that they might do H6213 with them as they would. H7522

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:12 - Look on H7200 every one H3605 that is proud, H1343 and bring him low; H3665 and tread down H1915 the wicked H7563 in their place. H8478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:14 - I should H3665➔ soon H4592 have subdued ➔ H3665 their enemies, H341 and H5921➔ turned H7725 my hand H3027 against ➔H5921 their adversaries. H6862

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:42 - Their enemies H341 also oppressed them, H3905 and they were brought into subjection H3665 under H8478 their hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - Therefore he brought down H3665 their heart H3820 with labour; H5999 they fell down, H3782 and H369➔ there was none ➔H369 to help. H5826

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - Thou shalt bring down H3665 the noise H7588 of strangers, H2114 as the heat H2721 in a dry place; H6724 even the heat H2721 with the shadow H6738 of a cloud: H5645 the branch H2158 of the terrible ones H6184 shall be brought low. H6030
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