This is the name of the place Calneh: Ancient Mesopotamian city, possibly Kullania or Kullanhu.
Definition
or כַּלְנֵה; also כַּלְנוֹ; of foreign derivation; Calneh or Calno, a place in the Assyrian empire
Traditional renderings: Calneh, Calno. Compare H3656.
Traditional renderings: Calneh, Calno. Compare H3656.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
3 total
- Genesis 10:10וְכַלְנֵ֑ה · and CalnehHis kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Isaiah 10:9כַּלְנ֑וֹ · Calno“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
- Amos 6:2כַֽלְנֵה֙ · to CalnehCross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?