כָּנַס kanas

Hebrew word for “to gather” · Strong’s H3664 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

1) to gather, collect, wrap;

How it is translated

Glosses given for kanas in context, with how often each is used:

• gather 4
• will gather 2
• gathering 1
• gathers 1
• gathered 1
• collect 1
• when wraps oneself up 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ecclesiastes 2 (2), 1 Chronicles 22 (1), Nehemiah 12 (1), Esther 4 (1), Psalms 33 (1), Psalms 147 (1), Ecclesiastes 3 (1), Isaiah 28 (1), Ezekiel 22 (1), Ezekiel 39 (1)

Forms

• לכנוס 2
• כנוס 2
• כנס 1
• יכנס 1
• כנסתי 1
• ולכנוס 1
• כהתכנס 1
• וכנסתי 1
• וכנסתים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kanas more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אוֹצָר otsar “treasure” 2
• שִׂמְחָה simchah “joy” 2
• גַּם gam “also” 3
• אֶבֶן even “stone” 2
• בָּנָה banah “to build” 2
• עָמַד amad “to stand” 2
• אָדָם adam “man” 2
• אֲנִי ani “I” 2
• הֶם hem “them” 2

Key verses

The verses using kanas that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Chronicles 22:2 — And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
• Nehemiah 12:44 — And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out…
• Esther 4:16 — Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens…
• Psalms 33:7 — He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
• Psalms 147:2 — The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
• Ecclesiastes 2:8 — I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the…
• Ecclesiastes 2:26 — For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may…
• Ecclesiastes 3:5 — A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
• Isaiah 28:20 — For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
• Ezekiel 22:21 — Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
• Ezekiel 39:28 — Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.