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Strong's numbers

קָנֶה (H7070)

qâneh

kaw-neh'

from קָנָה; 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, [idiom] spearman, stalk.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

קָנֶה 62 n.m. stalk, reed
1 stalk of grain
2 water-plant, reed
3 calamus, aromatic reed
4 derived meanings:
a measuring-rod
b unit of measure, reed (of 6 cubits)
c beam of scales, for scales themselves
d shaft of lamp-stand
e branches thereof
f shoulder-joint

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

38 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Exodus 37:19
    Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
  • Exodus 37:21
    And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.
  • Exodus 37:22
    Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
  • 1 Kings 14:15
    For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
  • 2 Kings 18:21
    Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
  • Job 31:22
    Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
  • Job 40:21
    He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
  • Psalms 68:30
    Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
  • Song of Solomon 4:14
    Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
  • Isaiah 19:6
    And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.