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Thursday, April 18th, 2024
the Third Week after Easter

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #3641 - כַּלְנוֹ

Transliteration

Kalneh

Phonetics

kal-neh', kal-nay', kal-no'

Origin

of foreign derivation

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Location

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Calneh or Calno = “fortress of Anu”

1) a city of Babylonia named among the cities of Nimrod

1a) maybe modern ‘Niffer’

2) an Assyrian city near Aleppo

2a) maybe same as 1 since it was captured by Assyria in the 8th century BC

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (3)

Genesis 1

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

HCS (0)

HCS (3)

Genesis 1

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

BSB (4)

Genesis 2

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

ESV (4)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Jeremiah 2

WEB (3)

Genesis 1

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

כַּלְנֵ֑ה (van d. H, so Norzi; Baer כַּלְנֶ֑ה) proper name, of a location in Babylonia, Genesis 10:10 (J), ᵐ5 Ξαλαννη; Dl^{Pa 225} proposes identify. with Babylonian Kul-unu = Zirlab (conquered by Sargon in 710: COT^{Genesis 10:10: Amos 6:2}), but dubious, and site of Zirlab unknown.

כַּלְנֶה Amos 6:2, probably = כַּלְנוֺ Isaiah 10:9 proper name, of a location city (conquered by Assyria under Sargon ?) possibly = כַּנֶּה (q. v.) Ezekiel 27:23, ᵐ5 omitted in Amos 6:2, Ξαλαννη Isaiah 10:9; perhaps = Kullani (Wkl^Geschichte. Babylonian 225) i.e. (Tomkins^{PSBA Jan. 1883,61}) Kullanhou, near Aleppo, conquered by Tiglath-Pileser III in 738 (COT^{ii, 195}); or (Di) Kunulua (KG²¹⁷ KB^{i, 107}), southeast of Antioch (compare Dr^{Amos 6:2}).

List of Word Forms

וְכַלְנֵ֑ה וכלנה כַּלְנ֑וֹ כַֽלְנֵה֙ כלנה כלנו chalNeh ḵal·nêh kal·nōw ḵalnêh kalNo kalnōw vechalNeh wə·ḵal·nêh wəḵalnêh