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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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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 locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Calneh or Calno = "fortress of Anu"
1. a city of Babylonia named among the cities of Nimrod
  1. maybe modern ´Niffer´
2. an Assyrian city near Aleppo
  1. maybe same as 1 since it was captured by Assyria in the 8th century BC

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Genesis 1

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

BSB (3)

Genesis 1

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

CSB (3)

Genesis 1

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

ESV (6)

Genesis 1

Numbers 1

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Amos 1

KJV (3)

Genesis 1

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

LEB (3)

Genesis 1

Isaiah 1

Amos 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

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