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# כָּנַע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3665

**be humble** — used 36 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be humble [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3665/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כָּנַע: vb. be humble [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3665/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be humble, only in der. conj. (Aramaic כְּנַע id.; Arabic كَنَعَ is be contracted, wrinkled; also fold wings (of eagle))— Pf. 3 ms. נִכְנַע 1 K 21:29 + 3 times; 3 pl. נִכְנְעוּ 2 Ch 12:7; 30:11; נִכְנָ֑עוּ 2 Ch 12:7; Impf. יִכָּנַע Lv 26:41 + 3 times; 3 fs. וַתִּכָּנַע Ju 3:30; 2 ms. וַתִּכָּנַע 2 K 22:19 + 2 times; 3 mpl. וְיִכָּֽנְעוּ 2 Ch 7:14 + 5 times; יִכָּנֵ֑עוּ 1 Ch 20:4; Inf. הִכָּנַע 2 Ch 33:23; sf. הִכָּֽנְעוֹ 2 Ch 12:12; 33:19;— reflex. humble oneself Lv 26:41 (H; subj. לְבָבָם), 2 Ch 7:14; 12:6, 7(×2), 12; 30:11; 32:26; 33:19, 23; before some one, לִפְנֵי 2 Ch 34:27; מִלִּפְנֵי 1 K 21:29 2 Ch 33:12, 23; 34:27; 36:12; מִפְּנֵי 1 K 21:29 2 K 22:19. pass. be humbled, subdued 1 S 7:13 1 Ch 20:4 2 Ch 13:18; sq. לִפְנֵי pers. Ju 8:28; מִפְּנֵי Ju 11:33; under some one תַּחַת Ju 3:30 ψ 106:42. Pf. 3 ms. הִכְנִיעַ 2 Ch 28:19; 1 s. הִכְנַעְתִּי 1 Ch 17:10; Impf. 3 ms. וַיַּכְנַע Ju 4:23 ψ 107:12; sf. יַכְנִיעֵם Dt 9:3 + 2 times; 2 ms. תַּכְנִיעַ Is 25:5; וַתַּכְנַע Ne 9:24; 1 s. אַכְנִיעַ ψ 81:15; Imv. הַכְנִיעֵהוּ Jb 40:12;— humble 2 Ch 28:19 Jb 40:12 ψ 107:12 (obj. לֵב), Is 25:5 (obj. שְׁאוֹן זָרִים). subdue enemies 2 S 8:1 = 1 Ch 18:1, 1 Ch 17:10 ψ 81:15; sq. לִפְנֵי Dt 9:3 Ju 4:23 Ne 9:24.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he (5); he humbled himself (4); they were subdued (3).

## In the verses

[Job 40:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.12/#tree)

רְאֵ֣ה כָל־גֵּ֭אֶה הַכְנִיעֵ֑הוּ וַהֲדֹ֖ךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* see every proud.\[person\] humble him and tread.down wicked.\[people\] in their.place

*JPS 1917:* Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

[Psalms 106:42](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.42/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.42/#tree)

וַיִּלְחָצ֥וּם אוֹיְבֵיהֶ֑ם וַ֝יִּכָּנְע֗וּ תַּ֣חַת יָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they oppressed.them enemies their and they.were.humbled under hand their

*JPS 1917:* Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were subdued under their hand.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3665.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3665/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).