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Lexicon :: Strong's H7070 - qānê

Aa
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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 - But he went to sleep again and had a second dream, in which he saw seven heads of grain, full and good, all on one stem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22 - And again in a dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, coming up on one stem:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:31 - And you are to make a support for lights, of the best gold; its base and its pillar are to be of hammered gold; its cups, its buds, and its flowers are to be made of the same metal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - It is to have six branches coming out from its sides; three branches from one side and three from the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:33 - Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower, on all the branches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all the six branches of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:36 - The buds and the branches are to be made of the same metal; all together one complete work of hammered gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 - Take the best spices, five hundred shekels' weight of liquid myrrh, and of sweet cinnamon half as much, that is, two hundred and fifty shekels, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet calamus,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:17 - Then he made the support for the lights, all of the best gold; its base and its pillar were of hammered gold; its cups and buds and flowers were all made out of the same metal:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:18 - It had six branches coming out from its sides, three from one side and three from the other;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:19 - Every branch having three cups made like almond flowers, every cup with a bud and a flower on all the branches;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21 - And under every two branches a bud, made with the branch, for all six branches of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:22 - The buds and the branches were made of the same metal, all together one complete work of the best hammered gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:15 - And even now the hand of the Lord has come down on Israel, shaking it like a river-grass in the water; and, uprooting Israel from this good land, which he gave to their fathers, he will send them this way and that on the other side of the River; because they have made for themselves images, moving the Lord to wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:21 - See, now, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go through a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:22 - May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21 - He takes his rest under the trees of the river, and in the pool, under the shade of the water-plants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:14 - Spikenard and safron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water-plants will come to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7 - And the burning sand will become a pool, and the dry earth springs of waters: the fields where the sheep take their food will become wet land, and water-plants will take the place of grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:6 - See, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go into a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:3 - He will not let a crushed stem be quite broken, and he will not let a feebly burning light be put out: he will go on sending out the true word to the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:24 - You have not got me sweet-smelling plants with your money, or given me pleasure with the fat of your offerings: but you have made me a servant to your sins, and you have made me tired with your evil doings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - As for those who take gold out of a bag, and put silver in the scales, they give payment to a gold-worker, to make it into a god; they go down on their faces and give it worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:20 - To what purpose does sweet perfume come to me from Sheba, and spices from a far country? your burned offerings give me no pleasure, your offerings of beasts are not pleasing to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:19 - ... for your goods: they gave polished iron and spices for your goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:6 - And it will be clear to all the people of Egypt that I am the Lord, because you have been a false support to the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:3 - He took me there, and I saw a man, looking like brass, with a linen cord in his hand and a measuring rod: and he was stationed in the doorway.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 - And there was a wall on the outside of the house all round, and in the man's hand there was a measuring rod six cubits long by a cubit and a hand's measure: so he took the measure of the building from side to side, one rod; and from base to top, one rod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:6 - Then he came to the doorway looking to the east, and went up by its steps; and he took the measure of the doorstep, one rod wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - And the watchmen's rooms were one rod long and one rod wide; and the space between the rooms was five cubits; the doorstep of the doorway, by the covered way of the doorway inside, was one rod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8 - And he took the measure of the covered way of the doorway inside,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8 - And I saw that the house had a stone floor all round; the bases of the side-rooms were a full rod of six great cubits high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He went round and took the measure of it on the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - And he went round and took the measure of it on the north side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - And he went round and took the measure of it on the south side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - And he went round and took the measure of it on the west side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.
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