kana · humble, subdue

What it means

kana (כָּנַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “humble, subdue”.

Humble oneself, be brought low; subdue another.

How to say it

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. To bow low before God, admitting guilt.
2. To master an enemy until he is under one's own power.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• humbled ×15
• were subdued ×4
• you humbled yourself ×3
• humble himself ×2
• subdued ×2
• subdued them ×2
• was subdued ×2
• I will subdue ×1
• I would subdue ×1
• humble him ×1
• others ×3

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Leviticus×1
• Deuteronomy×1
• Judges×4
• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×2
• 2 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×3
• 2 Chronicles×16
• Nehemiah×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×3
• Isaiah×1

• Leviticus 26:41

  I also walked with them in opposition and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and then they accept the payment for their iniquity,

• Deuteronomy 9:3

  Know today that YHWH your Elohim, he is the one who crosses over before you as a consuming fire; he will destroy them, and he will subdue them before you; and you will dispossess them and make them perish quickly, as YHWH has spoken to you.

• Judges 3:30

  So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel, and the land was calm eighty years.

• Judges 4:23

  So Elohim subdued on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the sons of Israel.

• Judges 8:28

  So Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, and they did not again lift up their head; and the land was calm forty years in the days of Gideon.

• Judges 11:33

  He struck them from Aroer to the approach of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim, with a very great blow. So the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons of Israel.

• 1 Samuel 7:13

  So the Philistines were subdued and did not again come into the territory of Israel; and the hand of YHWH was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

• 2 Samuel 8:1

  And it happened after this that David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and David took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.

• 1 Kings 21:29

  “Have you seen that Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; in the days of his son I will bring the evil on his house.”

• 2 Kings 22:19

  because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before YHWH when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and you tore your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard, declares YHWH.

• 1 Chronicles 17:10

  and from the days that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies. And I declare to you that YHWH will build a house for you.

• 1 Chronicles 18:1

  And it happened after this that David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and he took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.

• 1 Chronicles 20:4

  And it happened after this that war arose at Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck Sippai, of the descendants of the Rephaim; and they were subdued.

• 2 Chronicles 7:14

  and my people, over whom my name is called, humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from the heavens and forgive their sin and heal their land.

• 2 Chronicles 12:6

  The officials of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “YHWH is righteous.”

• 2 Chronicles 12:7

  When YHWH saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of YHWH came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, and I will give them escape in a little while, and my fury will not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

• 2 Chronicles 12:12

  When he humbled himself, the anger of YHWH turned from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and also in Judah there were good things.

• 2 Chronicles 13:18

  The sons of Israel were subdued at that time, and the sons of Judah grew firm, because they relied on YHWH, Elohim of their fathers.

• 2 Chronicles 28:19

  For YHWH humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had cast off restraint in Judah and had been greatly unfaithful to YHWH.

• 2 Chronicles 30:11

  Only some men of Asher and Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 32:26

  Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the lifting up of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the wrath of YHWH did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

• 2 Chronicles 33:12

  When he was in distress, he implored the face of YHWH his Elohim, and humbled himself greatly before the Elohim of his fathers.

• 2 Chronicles 33:19

  His prayer and how he let himself be entreated by him, and all his sin and his unfaithfulness, and the places where he built high places and set up the Asherahs and the carved images before he humbled himself, they are written in the words of Hozai.

• 2 Chronicles 33:23

  He did not humble himself before YHWH, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but he, Amon, multiplied guilt.

• 2 Chronicles 34:27

  because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before Elohim when you heard his words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before me, and tore your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard, declares YHWH.

• 2 Chronicles 36:12

  He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH his Elohim; he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of YHWH.

• Nehemiah 9:24

  So the sons went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hand, both their kings and the peoples of the land, to do with them according to their will.

• Job 40:12

  Look at every proud one and humble him, and tread down the wicked where they stand.

• Psalms 81:14

  Soon I would subdue their enemies, and against their adversaries turn my hand.

• Psalms 106:42

  And their enemies oppressed them, and they were humbled under their hand.

• Psalms 107:12

  So he humbled their heart with hardship; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

• Isaiah 25:5

  Like heat in a dry land, the uproar of strangers you subdue; as heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the tyrants is brought low.

And 4 more times.