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Strong's #3655: kanah (pronounced kaw-naw')

a primitive root; to address by an additional name; hence, to eulogize:--give flattering titles, surname (himself).




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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kânâh

1) to title, surname, be surnamed, give an epithet or cognomen, give a flattering title

1a) (Piel) to call by name, give a title, betitle

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root



Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

Job 32:21: "any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man."
Job 32:22: "For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon"
Isaiah 44:5: "shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel."
Isaiah 45:4: "and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known"









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