מִכְנָס
miknās
drawers
Strong's H4370NounHebrewTWOT 1000a

מִכְנָס (miknās) is a Hebrew noun meaning drawers. It appears 5 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4370).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1000a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1000a)drawers; concealing; breeches
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מִכְנָס noun, masculine: drawers

only dual (or plural) drawers

Strong's H4370 מִכְנָס: (only in dual) drawers (from concealing the private parts)
KJV:breeches.

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.

Root family 1000: כָּנַס kānas — gather, collect; narrow when one gathers oneself together; enfold; heap up, wrap self

See it in Scripture

Exodus 28:42Leviticus 16:4Ezekiel 44:18

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