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Spearman

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is the rendering in the A.V. of one Heb. and one Greek word.

1. קָנֶה , kaneh, a reed (as often rendered) in the phrase חִיִּת קָנֶה, chayath kaneh, reed-beast (A.V. improperly "company of the spearmen"), i.e. the crocodile (q.v.), as a symbol of Egypt.

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