Original Language Studio
Judges 8:28
“Thus 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.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- יִּכָּנַ֣ע — verb Niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 36 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 26:41Deuteronomy 9:3Judges 3:30Judges 4:23Judges 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.
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.