Kalneh כַּלְנֶה
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| כַּלְנֶה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | kalneh |
| Strong's number | H3641 (H3641B, H3641A) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Calneh |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Kalneh (Hebrew כַּלְנֶה, Strong's H3641) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Calneh”. It occurs 3 times.
Definition
H3641B: Calneh
Calneh or Calno = "fortress of Anu"
an Assyrian city near Aleppo
captured by Assyria in the 8th century BC
Another spelling of kal.neh (כַּלְנֵ֑ה "Calneh" H3641A)
an Assyrian city near Aleppo
captured by Assyria in the 8th century BC
Another spelling of kal.neh (כַּלְנֵ֑ה "Calneh" H3641A)
H3641A: Calneh
§ Calneh or Calno = "fortress of Anu"
a city of Babylonia named among the cities of Nimrod
maybe modern 'Niffer'
a city of Babylonia named among the cities of Nimrod
maybe modern 'Niffer'
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | calneh (2), calno (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | calneh (2), calno (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Kalneh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 10:10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 10:9Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
Amos
- Amos 6:2Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?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?
Notes
- 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).