Be humble
כָּנַעStrong’s H3665kana (ka-na)
Appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kana is the Hebrew word usually translated “were subdued”, “humbled yourself” and “humbled himself”. It appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament.
“And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:”
Meaning
- To be humble, be humbled, be subdued, be brought down, be low, be under, be brought into subjection(Niphal) · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- and they were subdued 3
- and you humbled yourself 3
- he humbled himself 3
- and it was subdued 2
- and he subdued them 2
- he has humbled himself 2
- and they were humbled 2
- and he humbled himself 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 13
- Judges 4
- 1 Chronicles 3
- Psalms 3
- Leviticus 1
- Deuteronomy 1
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 9:3Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
- Judges 3:30So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
- Judges 4:23So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
- Judges 8:28Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
- Judges 11:33And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 7:13So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
Hebrew dictionary
כָּנַע kana · be humble
1) to be humble, be humbled, be subdued, be brought down, be low, be under, be brought into subjection 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to humble oneself 1a2) to be humbled, be subdued 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to humble 1b2) to subdue
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.