Kanac means “heap up” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G3664 — homoios (“like”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H3664 כָּנַס (kanac) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. kanac (kaw-nas') v. 1. to collect 2. (hence) to enfold It has 11 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include gather, gathereth, gathered, and wrap. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
kanac (kaw-nas') v. 1. to collect 2. (hence) to enfold [a primitive root] KJV: gather (together), heap up, wrap self.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3664. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to gather
Usage: 1) to gather, collect, wrap 1a) (Qal) to gather 1b) (Piel) to gather 1c) (Hithpael) to gather together, wrap oneself up Aramaic equivalent: ka.nash (כְּנַשׁ "to gather" H3673)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kanac, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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11 indexed usages in Old Testament.
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.
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 of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
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 will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
First 11 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3664.
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.
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 of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
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 will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
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 sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
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 give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst therof.
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, and have left none of them any more there.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3664, grouped by book.
Kanac (Strong's H3664) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "heap up". kanac (kaw-nas') v. 1. to collect 2. (hence) to enfold
This page currently indexes 11 linked usages for Strong's H3664 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3664 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as gather, gathereth, gathered, and wrap. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.