Hebrew verb · H3664
כָּנַס
kanaskaw-nas'
to gather
11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kânaç
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3664is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3664
to collect; hence, to enfold
The King James renders it: gather (together), heap up, wrap self.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kanas is rendered "to gather". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Three of the uses stand in Ecclesiastes, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Chronicles 22:2So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.
1 Chronicles 22:2לִכְנוֹס֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eleven uses are in Ecclesiastes.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to gather3
- and I will gather1
- and I will gather them1
- and to collect1
- gather1
- gathering1
- he gathers1
- I gathered1
- when wraps oneself up1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְכִנַּסְתִּ֣י1
- וְכִנַּסְתִּ֖ים1
- וְלִכְנ֗וֹס1
- יְכַנֵּֽס׃1
- כְּהִתְכַּנֵּֽס׃1
- כְּנ֣וֹס1
- כְּנ֨וֹס1
- כֹּנֵ֣ס1
- כָּנַ֤סְתִּי1
- לִכְנוֹס֙1
- לִכְנ֨וֹס1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vqcc
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HC/R/Vqcc
- Hc/Vpq1cs1Hc/Vpq1cs
- Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mp1Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mp
- preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vtcc
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HVqcc
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1HVqp1cs
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HVqrmsa
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular1HVqv2ms
1 Chronicles
one use
So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.
- לִכְנוֹס֙likhnospreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to gather
Nehemiah
one use
And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.
- לִכְנ֨וֹסlikhnospreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to gather
Esther
one use
“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
- כְּנ֨וֹסkenosverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: gather
Psalms
two uses
He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
- כֹּנֵ֣סkonesverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: gathering
The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
- יְכַנֵּֽס׃yekhanesverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he gathers
Ecclesiastes
three uses
and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
- כָּנַ֤סְתִּיkanastiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I gathered
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- וְלִכְנ֗וֹסvelikhnosconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to collect
a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
- כְּנ֣וֹסkenosverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to gather
Isaiah
one use
Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wrap around you.
- כְּהִתְכַּנֵּֽס׃kehitkanespreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when wraps oneself up
Ezekiel
two uses
Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted within the city.
- וְכִנַּסְתִּ֣יvekhinastiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will gather
Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.
- וְכִנַּסְתִּ֖יםvekhinastimHc/Vpq1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will gather them
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.