כְּנָת

kenat · companion, colleague

Aramaic word · Strong’s number H3675 · appears 7 times in the Bible

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What it means

kenat (כְּנָת) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “companion, colleague”.

(Aramaic): one who holds the same office.

How to say it

ke·nat

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Colleagues in the same office.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Ezra 4:9

    Then Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their companions: the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, the Dehaites, the Elamites,

  • Ezra 4:17

    The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their companions who live in Samaria and the rest of the other side of the river: Peace. And now:

  • Ezra 4:23

    Then, as soon as the copy of the letter of Artaxerxes the king was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and made them cease by force and with troops.

  • Ezra 5:3

    At that time Tattenai, governor of the other side of the river, and Shethar-bozenai and their companions came to them, and thus they said to them: “Who gave you an order to build this house and to finish this structure?”

  • Ezra 5:6

    The copy of the letter that Tattenai, governor of the other side of the river, and Shethar-bozenai and his companions, the Apharsachites who were in the other side of the river, sent to Darius the king.

  • Ezra 6:6

    “Now, Tattenai, governor of the other side of the river, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, the Apharsachites who are in the other side of the river: keep away from there.

  • Ezra 6:13

    Then Tattenai, governor of the other side of the river, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, according to what Darius the king had sent, thus they did with diligence.