HebrewH3641Noun
כַּלְנֵ֑ה
kal.neh
“Calneh”
3Occurrences
H3641Strong's #
NounPart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Calneh or Calno, a place in the Assyrian empire
or כַּלְנֵה; also כַּלְנוֹ; of foreign derivation;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Calneh or Calno = "fortress of Anu" a city of Babylonia named among the cities of Nimrod maybe modern 'Niffer'
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun
Morphology Code
N:N--L
Full Description
N:N--L
Occurrences
כַּלְנֵ֑ה appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Amos
1
Genesis
1
Isaiah
1
Key Passages
Amos 6:2BSB
Cross over to Calneh and see;go from there to the great Hamath;then go down to Gath of the Philistines.Are you better than these kingdoms?Is their territory larger than yours?
Genesis 10:10BSB
His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Isaiah 10:9BSB
“Is not Calno like Carchemish?Is not Hamath like Arpad?Is not Samaria like Damascus?
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