כָּנָהkânâh

betitle, title, give an epithet or cognomen

Pronunciation: kaw-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3655

Meanings

Pi`el: read probably Pu`al, see below, in bad sense = give a flattering title (Isaiah 45:4; Isaiah 44:5; Job 32:21)

Pu`al: he is betitled (Isaiah 44:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Job 32:21 I won’t play favorites or try to flatter anyone.
  • Job 32:22 For if I tried flattery, my Creator would soon destroy me.
  • Isaiah 44:5 Some will proudly claim, ‘I belong to the Lord.’ Others will say, ‘I am a descendant of Jacob.’ Some will write the Lord’s name on their hands and will take the name of Israel as their own.”
  • Isaiah 45:4 “And why have I called you for this work? Why did I call you by name when you did not know me? It is for the sake of Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen one.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).