- Original: קנן - Transliteration: Qanan - Phonetic: kaw-nan' - Definition: 1. to make a nest a. (Piel) to make a nest b. (Pual) to be nested - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2042 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to erect; but used only as denominative from H7064 ; to nestle that is build or occupy as a nest: - make . . . nest. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • nest, 3 Isaiah 34:15; Jeremiah 22:23; Jeremiah 48:28 • nests, 2 Psalm 104:17; Ezekiel 31:6