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Judges 3:30

“So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.” (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
תִּכָּנַ֤ע — verb Niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
Code HC/VNw3fs
Usage: Occurs 36 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 26:41 Deuteronomy 9:3 Judges 4:23 Judges 8:28 Judges 11:33

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 29 Verse 31

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.