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Strong’s Hebrew

H3655 — kanah

The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.

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כָּנָה

kanah — pronounced kaw-naw

a primitive root; to address by an additional name; hence, to eulogize:--give flattering titles, surname (himself).

4 occurrences in the KJV.

Job 32:21

Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

Job 32:22

For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.

Isaiah 44:5

One shall say, I am the LORD’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.

Isaiah 45:4

For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

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