HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3641
כַּלְנֵ֑ה
kal.neh — Calneh
§ Calneh or Calno = "fortress of Anu" a city of Babylonia named among the cities of Nimrod maybe modern 'Niffer'
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Calneh
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3656
כַּנֶּה
kan.neh — Canneh
Canneh = "to give a flattering title" a city apparently in Mesopotamia Another name of kal.neh (כַּלְנֵ֑ה "Calneh" H3641A)
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Fort, one of the four cities founded by Nimrod (Gen. 10:10). It is the modern Niffer, a lofty mound of earth and rubbish situated in the marshes on the left, i.e., the east, bank of the Euphrates, but 30 miles distant from its present course, and about 60 miles south-south-east from Babylon. It is mentioned as one of the towns with which Tyre carried on trade. It was finally taken and probably destroyed by one of the Assyrian kings (Amos 6:2). It is called Calno (Isa. 10:9) and Canneh (Ezek. 27:23).
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.