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Lexicon :: Strong's H7070 - qānê

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קָנֶה
Transliteration
qānê
Pronunciation
kaw-neh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2040a

Strong’s Definitions

קָנֶה qâneh, kaw-neh'; from H7069; a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard):—balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, × spearman, stalk.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x

The KJV translates Strong's H7070 in the following manner: reed (28x), branch (24x), calamus (3x), cane (2x), stalk (2x), balance (1x), bone (1x), spearmen (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 62x
The KJV translates Strong's H7070 in the following manner: reed (28x), branch (24x), calamus (3x), cane (2x), stalk (2x), balance (1x), bone (1x), spearmen (1x).

  1. reed, stalk, bone, balances

    1. stalk

    2. water-plant, reed

    3. calamus (aromatic reed)

    4. derived meanings

      1. measuring-rod

      2. reed (as unit of measure - 6 cubits)

      3. beam (of scales - for scales themselves)

      4. shaft (of lampstand)

      5. branches (of lampstand)

      6. shoulder-joint

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָנֶה qâneh, kaw-neh'; from H7069; a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard):—balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, × spearman, stalk.
STRONGS H7070: Abbreviations
קָנֶה 62 noun masculineGenesis 41:5 stalk, reed; — absolute ק׳ 1 Kings 14:5 +; construct קְנֵה Ezekiel 40:3 +; suffix קָנָהּ Exodus 25:31; Exodus 37:17 = קָנָהֿ (Ges§ 91e) Job 31:22; plural קָנִים Exodus 25:32 +; construct קְנֵי Exodus 37:18 +; suffixקְנֹתָם Exodus 25:36; Exodus 37:22; —
1. stalk of grain Genesis 41:5, 22 (E).
2. water-plant, reed, 1 Kings 14:15; Isaiah 19:6 (+ סוּף), Isaiah 35:7 (+ גֹּמֶא); collective, חַיַת ק׳ Psalm 68:31 beasts of (the) reeds (dwelling among them), compare וּבִצָּה בְּסֵתֶר ק׳ Job 40:21; הָרָצוּץ מִשְׁעֶנֶת הַקּ׳ 2 Kings 18:21 = Isaiah 36:6, ק׳ מִשׁ׳ Ezekiel 29:6, all figurative of weak support; compare רָצוּץ ק׳ Isaiah 42:3 (spared by עבד י׳).
3. calamus, aromatic reed, הַטּוֺב ק׳ Jeremiah 6:20 (Ges § 126 w), בֿשֶֹׁם ק׳, Exodus 30:23(P); ק׳ alone Ezekiel 27:19; Isaiah 43:24; Songs 4:14.
4. derived meanings:
a. measuring-rod, קְנֵח הַמִּדָּה Ezekiel 40:3, 5 (6 cubits long, see אַמָּה) Ezekiel 42:16 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 42:17, 18, 19.
b. unit of measure, reed (of 6 cubits, as Assyrian ḳanû) Ezekiel 40:5 (twice in verse) + 10 times 40, 42, + מְלוֺ הַקּ׳ Ezekiel 41:8 full reed (emphatic).
c. beam of scales, for scales themselves Isaiah 46:6.
d. shaft of lamp-stand Exodus 25:31 = Exodus 37:17 (P).
e. branches thereof, Exodus 25:32 (3 times in verse) = Exodus 37:18 (3 times in verse) +16 times 25, 37 (all P).
f. shoulder-joint, Job 31:22 (|| שְׁכָם).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:5; 41:5; 41:22

Exodus

25:31; 25:31; 25:32; 25:32; 25:36; 30:23; 37:17; 37:17; 37:18; 37:18; 37:22

1 Kings

14:5; 14:15

2 Kings

18:21

Job

31:22; 31:22; 40:21

Psalms

68:31

Song of Songs

4:14

Isaiah

19:6; 35:7; 36:6; 42:3; 43:24; 46:6

Jeremiah

6:20

Ezekiel

27:19; 29:6; 40:3; 40:3; 40:5; 40:5; 41:8; 42:16; 42:17; 42:18; 42:19

H7070

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Strong's Number H7070 matches the Hebrew קָנֶה (qānê),
which occurs 62 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - And he dreamed again. And, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, choice and good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22 - and saw again in my sleep, and as it were seven ears came up on one stem, full and good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold; thou shalt make the candlestick of graven work: its stem and its branches, and its bowls and its knops and its lilies shall be [fn]of one piece.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - And six branches proceeding sideways, three branches of the candlestick from one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - And three bowls fashioned like almonds, on each branch a knop and a lily; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - A knop under two branches out of it, and a knop under four branches out of it; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick; and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:36 - Let the knops and the branches be of one piece, altogether graven of one piece of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 - Do thou also take sweet herbs, the flower of choice myrrh five hundred shekels, and the half of this two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling calamus,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - (LXX 38:13) And he made the candlestick which gives light, of gold;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18 - (LXX 38:14) the stem solid, and the branches from both its sides;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - (LXX 38:15) and blossoms proceeding from its branches, three on this side, and three on the other, made equal to each other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21 - (LXX 38:16) And as to their lamps, which are on the ends, [fn]knops proceeded from them; and sockets proceeding from them, that the lamps might be upon them; and the seventh socket, on the top of the candlestick, on the summit above, entirely of solid gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - See now, art thou trusting for thyself on this broken staff of reed, even upon Egypt? whosoever shall stay himself upon it, it shall even go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt to all that trust on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:22 - let then my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21 - He lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - (LXX 67:31) Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed: let the crowd of bulls with the heifers of the nations be rebuked, so that they who have been proved with silver may not be shut out: scatter thou the nations that wish for wars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:14 - spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon; with all woods of Libanus, myrrh, aloes, with all chief spices:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - And the streams shall fail, and the canals of the river; and every [fn]reservoir of water shall be dried up, in every marsh also of reed and papyrus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7 - And the dry land shall become pools, and a fountain of water shall be poured into the thirsty land; there shall there be a joy of birds, ready habitations and marshes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - Behold, thou trustest on this bruised staff of reed, on Egypt: as soon as a man leans upon it, it shall go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt and all that trust in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:3 - A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench; but he shall bring forth judgment to truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:24 - Neither hast thou purchased for me victims for silver, neither have I desired the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou didst stand before me in thy sins, and in thine iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - They that furnish gold out of a purse, and silver by weight, will weigh it in a scale, and they hire a goldsmith and make [fn]idols, and bow down, and worship them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:20 - Wherefore do ye bring me frankincense from Saba, and cinnamon from a land afar off? your whole-burnt-offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices have not been pleasant to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:19 - Out of Asel came wrought iron, and there is the sound of wheels among thy trading population.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:6 - And all the dwellers in Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because thou hast been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:3 - And he brought me in thither, and, behold, there was a man, and the appearance of him was as the appearance of shining brass, and in his hand was a builder's line, and a measuring reed; and he stood at the gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 - And behold a wall round about the house without, and in the man's hand a reed, the measure of it was six cubits by the cubit, and a span: and he measured across the front wall; the breadth was equal to the reed, and the length of it equal to the reed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:6 - And he entered by seven steps into the gate that looks eastward, and he measured across the porch of the gate equal to the reed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - And the chamber was equal in length to the reed, and equal in breadth to the reed; and the porch between the chambers six cubits; and the second chamber equal in breadth to the reed, and equal in length to the reed, and the porch five cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8 - And the third chamber equal in length to the reed, and equal in breadth to the reed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8 - And as for the height of the house round about, each space between the sides was equal to a reed of six cubits;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - And he stood behind the gate looking eastward, and measured five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - And he turned to the north and measured in front of the north side five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - (LXX 42:19) And he turned to the south, and measured in front of the south side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - (LXX 42:18) And he turned to the west, and measured in front of the west side, five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.
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