Strong’s H3664 · Hebrew

כָּנַס
kânaç
kaw-nas'

Definition

to collect; hence, to enfold

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • gather (together)
  • heap up
  • wrap self

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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