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Strong H36412 sensesכַּלְנֵ֑ה

Calneh

Transliteration
kalneh kalnêh kalnô
Pronunciation
{kal-neh'} {kal-nay'} kal-no'

Meaning of the name

Calneh or Calno = "fortress of Anu"

The 2 senses of Strong H3641

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H3641 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Ancient Mesopotamian city, possibly Kullania or KullanhuכַּלְנֶהH3641B2 verses · Isaiah, Amos
  2. Ancient Mesopotamian city, possibly Kullania or KullanhuH3641A1 verse · Genesis

General definition

Of foreign derivation;
Calneh or {Calno} a place in the Assyrian empire: - {Calneh} Calno. Compare H3656 .

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • calneh2
  • calno1

First verses

  1. Genesis 10:10
    And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
  2. Isaiah 10:9
    Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
  3. Amos 6:2
    Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?