כָּנַעkânaʻ
be humble, only in derived conjugation
Pronunciation: kaw-nah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3665
Meanings
Niph`al
1. humble oneself (Leviticus 26:41; 2 Chronicles 7:14; 2 Chronicles 12:6)
2. be humbled, subdued (1 Samuel 7:13; 1 Chronicles 20:4; 2 Chronicles 13:18)
Hiph`il
1. humble (2 Chronicles 28:19; Job 40:12; Psalms 107:12)
2. subdue (2 Samuel 8:1; 1 Chronicles 18:1; 1 Chronicles 17:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 36 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 26:41 When I have turned their hostility back on them and brought them to the land of their enemies, then at last their stubborn hearts will be humbled, and they will pay for their sins.
- Deuteronomy 9:3 But recognize today that the Lord your God is the one who will cross over ahead of you like a devouring fire to destroy them. He will subdue them so that you will quickly conquer them and drive them out, just as the Lord has promised.
- Judges 3:30 So Moab was conquered by Israel that day, and there was peace in the land for eighty years.
- Judges 4:23 So on that day Israel saw God defeat Jabin, the Canaanite king.
- Judges 8:28 That is the story of how the people of Israel defeated Midian, which never recovered. Throughout the rest of Gideon’s lifetime—about forty years—there was peace in the land.
- Judges 11:33 He crushed the Ammonites, devastating about twenty towns from Aroer to an area near Minnith and as far away as Abel-keramim. In this way Israel defeated the Ammonites.
See every passage
- Leviticus 26:41
- Deuteronomy 9:3
- Judges 3:30, 4:23, 8:28, 11:33
- 1 Samuel 7:13
- 2 Samuel 8:1
- 1 Kings 21:29
- 2 Kings 22:19
- 1 Chronicles 17:10, 18:1, 20:4
- 2 Chronicles 7:14, 12:6, 12:7, 12:12, 13:18, 28:19, 30:11, 32:26, 33:12, 33:19, 33:23, 34:27, 36:12
- Nehemiah 9:24
- Job 40:12
- Psalms 81:14, 106:42, 107:12
- Isaiah 25:5
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).