Kalneh — H3641

Definition

locative proper noun

Calneh or Calno, a place in the Assyrian empire

1. Calneh or Calno = "fortress of Anu"
2. a city of Babylonia named among the cities of Nimrod
1. maybe modern 'Niffer'
3. an Assyrian city near Aleppo
1. maybe same as 1 since it was captured by Assyria in the 8th century BC

Usually translated as

Calneh, Calno

Origin

or Kalnêh; also Kalnôw; of foreign derivation

Occurrences

Kalneh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Isaiah (1), Amos (1)

• Genesis 10:10 — And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh (וְכַלְנֵ֑ה), in the land of Shinar.
• Isaiah 10:9 — Is not Calno (כַּלְנ֑וֹ) as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
• Amos 6:2 — Pass ye unto Calneh (כַֽלְנֵה֙), 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?