קָנֶה
qâneh · kaw-neh'
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7069 (קָנָה);
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
- a reed (as erect)
- by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, [idiom] spearman, stalk.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָנֶה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
62 occurrences · 62 OT · 0 NT · 34 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- reed19 · 31%
- branches16 · 26%
- branch4 · 6%
- reeds4 · 6%
- stalk2 · 3%
- and their branches2 · 3%
- calamus2 · 3%
- and his branches1 · 2%
- and his branch1 · 2%
- as a reed1 · 2%
- from the bone1 · 2%
- of the reed1 · 2%
- of spearmen1 · 2%
- the reeds1 · 2%
- with reeds1 · 2%
- me no sweet cane1 · 2%
- in the balance1 · 2%
- cane1 · 2%
- and calamus1 · 2%
- of reed1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.