Strongs Number: H3665
- Hebrew Word
- כָּנַע
- Transliteration
- kânaʻ
- Phonetic
- kaw-nah'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to bend the knee; hence to {humiliate} vanquish
- BDB Definition
-
1. to be humble, be humbled, be subdued, be brought down, be low, be under, be brought into subjection
a. (Niphal)
1. to humble oneself
2. to be humbled, be subdued
b. (Hiphil)
1. to humble
2. to subdue
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- bring down ({low}) into {subjection} {under} humble ({self}) subdue.