Kenes (כנס) means convention in Hebrew.
It can also mean conference, congress, and assembly. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
convention, conference, congress, assembly
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Kenes.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מפגש בני אדם המוקדש לנושא או מטרה מסויימים.
The word Kenes is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- כֶּנֶס
- Written without vowel points
- כנס
- Said
- kenes
- Root
- כ־נ־ס
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- כְּנָסִים
- Inflections
- ר' כְּנָסִים; כֶּנֶס־, ר' כְּנָסֵי־
- Gematria
- 130
This is how Kenes is said in other languages.
- English
- convention, conference, congress, assembly
- German
- kongress, konvetion
These words mean nearly the same as Kenes.
- כינוס
- קונגרס
- ועידה
- אסיפה
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Kenes is part of these phrases and sayings.
- כנס בחירות
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Kenes comes from the root כ־נ־ס, like these words.
These words come before and after Kenes in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kenes.
What does Kenes (כנס) mean in Hebrew?
Kenes (כנס) means convention, conference, and congress. It is said kenes, with the stress on ke.
What is a synonym for Kenes (כנס)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Kenes (כנס) are כינוס, קונגרס, ועידה, and אסיפה.
Is Kenes (כנס) masculine or feminine?
The word Kenes (כנס) is a masculine noun, and its plural is כְּנָסִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כנס of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.