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Strong's H3667 כְּנַעַן (kenaan)

Kenaan means “Canaan” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3667 — homoioma (“form”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3667
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 90
Books 13

Strong's H3667 Quick Answer

Strong's H3667 כְּנַעַן (Kna`an) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Kna`an (ken-ah'-an) n-m. 1. humiliated 2. Kenaan, a son a Ham It has 90 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include canaan, sons, merchant, son, and also. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Kna`an (ken-ah'-an) n-m. 1. humiliated 2. Kenaan, a son a Ham
Usage
90 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
canaan, sons, merchant, son, and also

Meaning and Definition

Kna`an (ken-ah'-an) n-m. 1. humiliated 2. Kenaan, a son a Ham 3. also the country inhabited by him [from H3665] KJV: Canaan, merchant, traffick. Root(s): H3665

Original Word
כְּנַעַן
Transliteration
Kna`an
Derivation
Root: כנע First root strongs: 3665
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3667. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Canaan

Usage: § Canaan = "lowland" the land west of the Jordan peopled by the descendants of Canaan and subsequently conquered by the Israelites under Joshua

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How Strong's H3667 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Kna`an, 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.

Canaan Genesis 9:18 78× merchant Isaiah 23:11 sons Numbers 26:19 son Joshua 14:1 also Exodus 6:4 country Joshua 22:9 inhabited Exodus 16:35 merchants Ezekiel 17:4

How Strong's H3667 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 90 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3667 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3667 in the Old Testament

90 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 9:18 KJV

And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

Genesis 9:22 KJV

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

Genesis 9:25 KJV

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Usage Excerpts

First 90 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3667.

Genesis 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
Genesis 9:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Genesis 9:25 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Genesis 9:26 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis 9:27 Old Testament, KJV
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis 10:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
Genesis 10:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,
Genesis 11:31 Old Testament, KJV
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Genesis 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Genesis 13:12 Old Testament, KJV
Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
Genesis 16:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
Genesis 17:8 Old Testament, KJV
And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Genesis 23:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Genesis 23:19 Old Testament, KJV
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 28:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Genesis 28:6 Old Testament, KJV
When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughers of Canaan;
Genesis 28:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Genesis 31:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 33:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
Genesis 35:6 Old Testament, KJV
So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
Genesis 36:2 Old Testament, KJV
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
Genesis 36:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 36:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
Genesis 37:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 42:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 42:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
Genesis 42:13 Old Testament, KJV
And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Genesis 42:29 Old Testament, KJV
And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
Genesis 42:32 Old Testament, KJV
We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 44:8 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
Genesis 45:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
Genesis 45:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
Genesis 46:6 Old Testament, KJV
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
Genesis 46:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
Genesis 46:31 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
Genesis 47:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
Genesis 47:4 Old Testament, KJV
They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
Genesis 47:13 Old Testament, KJV
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
Genesis 47:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
Genesis 47:15 Old Testament, KJV
And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
Genesis 48:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Genesis 48:7 Old Testament, KJV
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
Genesis 49:30 Old Testament, KJV
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
Genesis 50:5 Old Testament, KJV
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
Genesis 50:13 Old Testament, KJV
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
Exodus 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
Exodus 15:15 Old Testament, KJV
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
Exodus 16:35 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Leviticus 14:34 Old Testament, KJV
When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;
Leviticus 18:3 Old Testament, KJV
After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
Leviticus 25:38 Old Testament, KJV
I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
Numbers 13:2 Old Testament, KJV
Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
Numbers 13:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
Numbers 26:19 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
Numbers 32:30 Old Testament, KJV
But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
Numbers 32:32 Old Testament, KJV
We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be our's.
Numbers 33:40 Old Testament, KJV
And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
Numbers 33:51 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
Numbers 34:2 Old Testament, KJV
Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
Numbers 34:29 Old Testament, KJV
These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
Numbers 35:10 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
Numbers 35:14 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
Deuteronomy 32:49 Old Testament, KJV
Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
Joshua 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
Joshua 14:1 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
Joshua 21:2 Old Testament, KJV
And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
Joshua 22:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Joshua 22:10 Old Testament, KJV
And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
Joshua 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
Joshua 22:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
Joshua 24:3 Old Testament, KJV
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
Judges 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Judges 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
Judges 4:23 Old Testament, KJV
So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
Judges 4:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
Judges 5:19 Old Testament, KJV
The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
Judges 21:12 Old Testament, KJV
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
1 Chronicles 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
1 Chronicles 1:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
1 Chronicles 16:18 Old Testament, KJV
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
Psalms 105:11 Old Testament, KJV
Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:
Psalms 106:38 Old Testament, KJV
And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
Psalms 135:11 Old Testament, KJV
Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:
Isaiah 19:18 Old Testament, KJV
In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.
Isaiah 23:11 Old Testament, KJV
He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
Ezekiel 16:29 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied therewith.
Ezekiel 17:4 Old Testament, KJV
He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.
Hosea 12:7 Old Testament, KJV
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
Zephaniah 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
Zephaniah 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3667, grouped by book.

Genesis 45 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 11 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Joshua 8 usages, Old Testament
Judges 6 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H3667 FAQ

What does kenaan (כְּנַעַן) mean?

Kenaan (Strong's H3667) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Canaan". Kna`an (ken-ah'-an) n-m. 1. humiliated 2. Kenaan, a son a Ham

How many times is kenaan (כְּנַעַן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 90 linked usages for Strong's H3667 across 13 books.

Where can I study kenaan (כְּנַעַן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3667 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate kenaan (כְּנַעַן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as canaan, sons, merchant, son, also, and inhabited. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.