Kanah כָּנָה

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Kanah (Hebrew כָּנָה, Strong's H3655) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to flatter”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	titles (2), surname (1), surnamed (1)
BSB	i flatter (1), flatter (1), will take (1), i have given you a title of honor (1)

Every verse with Kanah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Job 32:21
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
Job 32:22
For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.

Isaiah 44:5
One shall say, I am the Lord’s; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.One will say, ‘I belong to the LORD,’ another will call himself by the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, ‘The LORD’s,’ and will take the name of Israel.”
Isaiah 45:4
For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).