כְּנַס, to gather, receive. Targ. Ps. XLI, 7 Ms. (ed. כנף, h. text קבץ). Targ. Esth. IV, 16 (Targ. II Esth. ib. כנוש). Targ. Y. Gen. XVIII, 3 אֵיכְנוֹס וכ׳ I shall receive the passers-by.—V. כְּנַשׁ.
כְּנַס, to marry. Y. Erub. III, 21ᵇ top ומִיכְנַסְנִיךְ ליום פלן and to marry thee before such a date; Y. Gitt. VII, end, 49ᵃ ומנכסיך (corr. acc.). Ib. ולא כְנַסְתִּיךְ and I shall not have married thee. Y. Keth. I, beg. 24ᵈ אילין דכַנְסִין וכ׳ those who marry widows; a. fr.
כְּנַס, to enter. Y. Snh. VI, 23ᶜ bot. כיון דכ׳ when he had entered; a. e.—[Targ. Esth. II, 21; IV, 17, v. בְּנַס.]