כָּנַע
kânaʻ · kaw-nah'
properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish
- properly, to bend the knee
- hence, to humiliate, vanquish
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bring down (low), into subjection, under, humble (self), subdue.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › the seed, life continuing › to see and know
The open hand that covers of the seed, life continuing that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּנַע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
36 occurrences · 36 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- humbled3 · 9%
- and humbled3 · 9%
- subdued2 · 6%
- were subdued2 · 6%
- and subdued2 · 6%
- be humbled1 · 3%
- them, and he shall bring them down1 · 3%
- was subdued1 · 3%
- humbleth1 · 3%
- he humbleth1 · 3%
- and thou hast humbled1 · 3%
- moreover i will subdue1 · 3%
- and they were subdued1 · 3%
- shall humble1 · 3%
- that they humbled1 · 3%
- they have humbled1 · 3%
- and when he humbled1 · 3%
- were brought1 · 3%
- brought1 · 3%
- low1 · 3%
- he was humbled1 · 3%
- had humbled1 · 3%
- and thou didst humble1 · 3%
- thereof, and humbledst1 · 3%
- and thou subduedst1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.