כָּנַע
kānaʿ
be humble
Strong's H3665VerbHebrewTWOT 1001

כָּנַע (kānaʿ) is a Hebrew verb meaning be humble. It appears 36 times in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3665).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1001)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1001)be humble; humble oneself, be humbled, subdued; subdue; bend, humiliate, vanquish; bring down, into subjection, under
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כָּנַע verb: be humble

Strong's H3665 כָּנַע: properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish
KJV:bring down (low), into subjection, under, humble (self), subdue.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 26:41Deuteronomy 9:3Judges 3:30

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