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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 BoxDeu 9:3 - “So be H3045 aware H3045 today H3117 that it is the LORD H3068 your God H430 who is crossing H5674 over H5674 ahead H6440 of you as a consuming H398 fire H784. He will destroy H8045 them and He will subdue H3665 them before H6440 you, so that you may drive H3423 them out H3423 and eliminate H6 them quickly H4118, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:30 - So Moab H4124 was subdued H3665 that day H3117 under H8478 the hand H3027 of Israel H3478. And the land H776 was H8252 at H8252 rest H8252 for eighty H8084 years H8141.

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So God H430 subdued H3665 Jabin H2985 the king H4428 of Canaan H3667 on that day H3117 before H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:28 - So Midian H4080 was subdued H3665 before H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, and they did not lift H5375 up H5375 their heads H7218 anymore H3254. And the land H776 was H8252 undisturbed H8252 for forty H705 years H8141 in the days H3117 of Gideon H1439.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33 - He [fn]inflicted H5221 a very H3966 great H1419 defeat H4347 on them from Aroer H6177 [fn]to the entrance H935 of Minnith H4511, twenty H6242 cities H5892, and as far H5704 as Abel-keramim H64. So the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 were subdued H3665 before H4480 H6440 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:13 - So the Philistines H6430 were subdued H3665, and they did not come H935 anymore H3254 H5750 within the border H1366 of Israel H3478. And the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 was against the Philistines H6430 all H3605 the days H3117 of Samuel H8050.

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Now it happened H1961 afterward H310 H3651 that David H1732 [fn]defeated H5221 the Philistines H6430 and subdued H3665 them; and David H1732 took H3947 [fn]control H4964 of the chief H4965 city H4965 from the hand H3027 of the Philistines H6430.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:29 - “Do you see H7200 how H3588 Ahab H256 has humbled H3665 himself before H4480 H6440 Me? Because H3282 H3588 he has humbled H3665 himself before H6440 Me, I will not bring H935 the disaster H7451 in his days H3117; I will bring H935 the disaster H7451 upon his house H1004 in his son’s H1121 days H3117.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:19 - since H3282 your heart H3824 was tender H7401 and you humbled H3665 yourself before H4480 H6440 the LORD H3068 when you heard H8085 what H834 I spoke H1696 against H5921 this H2088 place H4725 and against H5921 its inhabitants H3427, that they would become H1961 an object H8047 of H8047 horror H8047 and a curse H7045, and you have torn H7167 your clothes H899 and wept H1058 before H6440 Me, I have indeed H1571 heard H8085 you,’ declares H5002 the LORD H3068.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:10 - even from the day H3117 that I commanded H6680 judges H8199 to be over H5921 My people H5971 Israel H3478. And I will subdue H3665 all H3605 your enemies H340.

Moreover, I tell H5046 you that the LORD H3068 will build H1129 a house H1004 for you.

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Now after H310 this H3651 it came H1961 about H1961 that David H1732 [fn]defeated H5221 the Philistines H6430 and subdued H3665 them and took H3947 Gath H1661 and its towns H1323 from the hand H3027 of the Philistines H6430.

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Now it came H1961 about H1961 after H310 this H3651, that war H4421 [fn]broke H5975 out H5975 at [fn]Gezer H1507 with the Philistines H6430; then H227 Sibbecai H5444 the Hushathite H2843 [fn]killed H5221 Sippai H5598, one of the descendants H3211 of the [fn]giants H7497, and they were subdued H3665.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:14 - and My people H5971 [fn]who H834 are called H7121 by My name H8034 humble H3665 themselves, and pray H6419 and seek H1245 My face H6440, and turn H7725 from their wicked H7451 ways H1870, then I will hear H8085 from heaven H8064, and I will forgive H5545 their sin H2403 and will heal H7495 their land H776.

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

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When the LORD H3068 saw H7200 that they had humbled H3665 themselves, the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to Shemaiah H8098, saying H559, “They have humbled H3665 themselves, so I will not destroy H7843 them; and I will grant H5414 them a little H4592 deliverance H6413, and My wrath H2534 will not be poured H5413 out H5413 on Jerusalem H3389 by means H3027 of Shishak H7895.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:12 - And when he humbled H3665 himself, the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 turned H7725 away H7725 from him, so as not to destroy H7843 him completely H3617; and conditions H1697 were also H1571 good H2896 in Judah H3063.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:18 - The sons H1121 of Israel H3478 were subdued H3665 at that time H6256, and the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 [fn]conquered H553 because H3588 they trusted H8172 in the LORD H3068, the God H430 of their fathers H1.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:19 - For the LORD H3068 had humbled H3665 Judah H3063 because H5668 of Ahaz H271 king H4428 of Israel H3478, for he had brought H6544 about H6544 a lack H6544 of H6544 restraint H6544 in Judah H3063 and was very H4604 unfaithful H4604 to the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:11 - Nevertheless H389, some H4480 men H376 of Asher H836, Manasseh H4519, and Zebulun H2074 humbled H3665 themselves and came H935 to Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:26 - However, Hezekiah H2396 [fn]humbled H3665 the pride H1363 of his heart H3820, both he and the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389, so that the wrath H7110 of the LORD H3068 did not come H935 on them in the days H3117 of Hezekiah H2396.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:12 - When he was in distress H6887, he appeased H2470 the LORD H3068 his God H430 and humbled H3665 himself greatly H3966 before H4480 H6440 the God H430 of his fathers H1.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - His prayer H8605 also and how God was moved H6279 by him, and all H3605 his sin H2403, his unfaithfulness H4604, and the sites H4725 on which H834 he built H1129 high H1116 places H1116 and erected H5975 the [fn]Asherim H842 and the carved H6456 images H6456, before H6440 he humbled H3665 himself, behold H2009, they are written H3789 in the records H1697 of [fn]Hozai H2335.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:23 - Furthermore, he did not humble H3665 himself before H4480 H6440 the LORD H3068 as his father H1 Manasseh H4519 had [fn]done H3665, but Amon H526 multiplied H7235 his guilt H819.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:27 - “Because H3282 your heart H3824 was tender H7401 and you humbled H3665 yourself before H4480 H6440 God H430 when you heard H8085 His words H1697 against H5921 this H2088 place H4725 and its inhabitants H3427, and because you humbled H3665 yourself before H6440 Me, tore H7167 your clothes H899, and wept H1058 before H6440 Me, I have indeed H1571 heard H8085 you,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:12 - He did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 his God H430; he did not humble H3665 himself before H4480 H6440 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 [fn]who spoke H6310 for the LORD H3068.

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“So their sons H1121 entered H935 and took H3423 possession H3423 of the land H776.

And You subdued H3665 before H6440 them the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776, the Canaanites H3669,

And You handed H5414 H3027 them over H5414 to them, with their kings H4428 and the peoples H5971 of the land H776,

To do H6213 with them [fn]as they desired H7522.

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“Look H7200 at everyone H3605 who is arrogant H1343, and humble H3665 him,

And trample H1915 down H1915 the wicked H7563 [fn]where H8478 they stand H8478.

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“I would quickly H4592 subdue H3665 their enemies H340

And turn H7725 My hand H3027 against H5921 their adversaries H6862.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:42

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Their enemies H340 also oppressed H3905 them,

And they were subdued H3665 under H8478 their [fn]power H3027.

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Therefore He humbled H3665 their heart H3820 with labor H5999;

They stumbled H3782 and there H369 was H369 no H369 one H369 to help H5826.

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Like heat H2721 in a dry H6724 land H6724, You subdue H3665 the uproar H7588 of foreigners H2114;

Like heat H2721 by the shadow H6738 of a cloud H5645, the song H2158 of the ruthless H6184 is [fn]silenced H6031.

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