קָנֶהqâneh
stalk, reed
Pronunciation: kaw-neh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7070
Meanings
1. stalk, of grain (Genesis 41:5; Genesis 41:22)
2. water-plant, reed (1 Kings 14:15; Isaiah 19:6; Isaiah 35:7)
3. calamus, aromatic reed (Jeremiah 6:20; Exodus 30:23; Ezekiel 27:19)
4. derived meanings
a. measuring-rod (Ezekiel 40:3; Ezekiel 40:5; Ezekiel 42:16)
b. reed, unit of measure (Ezekiel 40:5; Ezekiel 41:8)
c. beam, of scales, for scales themselves (Isaiah 46:6)
d. shaft, of lamp-stand (Exodus 25:31; Exodus 37:17)
e. branches thereof (Exodus 25:32; Exodus 37:18)
f. shoulder-joint (Job 31:22)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 62 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 41:5 But he fell asleep again and had a second dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain, plump and beautiful, growing on a single stalk.
- Genesis 41:22 “In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, full and beautiful, growing on a single stalk.
- Exodus 25:31 “Make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. Make the entire lampstand and its decorations of one piece—the base, center stem, lamp cups, buds, and petals.
- Exodus 25:32 Make it with six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side.
- Exodus 25:33 Each of the six branches will have three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.
- Exodus 25:35 There will also be an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extend from the center stem.
See every passage
- Genesis 41:5, 41:22
- Exodus 25:31, 25:32, 25:33, 25:35, 25:36, 30:23, 37:17, 37:18, 37:19, 37:21, 37:22
- 1 Kings 14:15
- 2 Kings 18:21
- Job 31:22, 40:21
- Psalms 68:30
- Song of Solomon 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, 40:5, 40:6, 40:7, 40:8, 41:8, 42:16, 42:17, 42:18, 42:19
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).