Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish
KJV Usage: bring down (low), into subjection, under, humble (self), subdue
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כָּנַע (ka.na) — be humble. 1) to be humble, be humbled, be subdued, be brought down, be low, be under, be brought into subjection 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to humble oneself 1a2) to be humbled, be subdued 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to humble 1b2) to subdue
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Insignificant | verb nif
to humble oneself = action by which humans show a low estimate of their own importance, usually before a deity
LEV 26:41 · 1KI 21:29 · 1KI 21:29 · 2KI 22:19 · 2CH 7:14 · 2CH 12:6 · 2CH 12:7 · 2CH 12:7 · 2CH 12:12 · 2CH 30:11 · 2CH 32:26 · 2CH 33:12 · 2CH 33:19 · 2CH 33:23 · 2CH 33:23 · 2CH 34:27 · 2CH 34:27 · 2CH 36:12
Insignificant | verb hif
to humble = causative process by which deities cause humans to have a lower estimate of their own importance, usually through punishment
Control | verb hif, verb nif
to subdue literally: to humble; hence: = causative process by which humans or deities bring (other) humans and areas under their authority and control, usually using force
DEU 9:3 · JDG 3:30 · JDG 4:23 · JDG 8:28 · JDG 11:33 · 1SA 7:13 · 2SA 8:1 · 1CH 17:10 · 1CH 18:1 · 1CH 20:4 · 2CH 13:18 · NEH 9:24 · PSA 81:15 · PSA 106:42 · ISA 25:5
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[כָּנַע] vb. be humble, only in der. conj. Niph. reflex. humble oneself
pass. be humbled, subdued
Hiph. humble
subdue enemies
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