Biblical Persons & Places
Calneh
Calneh
A location first mentioned at Gen.10.10;
referred to as Calneh (כַּלְנֵ֑ה), or Calneh (NIV= Kalneh) or Calno (NIV= Kalno) (כַּלְנֶה), or Canneh (NIV= Kanneh) (כַּנֶּה).
Strong's Definition
Calneh or Calno, a place in the Assyrian empire
Derivation: or כַּלְנֵה; also כַּלְנוֹ; of foreign derivation;
KJV Usage: Calneh, Calno. Compare H3656 (כַּנֶּה).
Outline of Biblical Usage
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כַּלְנוֹ / כַּלְנֵה / כַּלְנֶה
kalneh / kalnêh / kalnô
BDB Definition:
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
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: of foreign derivation
Total KJV Occurrences: 3