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2 Chronicles 12:6

“Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The Lord is righteous.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

כָּנַעkânaʻ · kaw-nah'
H3665 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: bring down (low), into subjection, under, humble (self), subdue.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּכָּנְע֥וּ — verb Niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/VNw3mp
Usage: Occurs 36 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 26:41 Deuteronomy 9:3 Judges 3:30 Judges 4:23 Judges 8:28

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כָּנַע here.

Verse 5 Verse 7

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.