Word Study · Strong's H7071 · Hebrew
קָנָה
Qanah
kaw-naw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Qânâh
“Kanah, the name of a stream and of a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Kanah, the name of a stream and of a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Kanah.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- וְקָנָ֑ה1
- קָנָ֔ה1
- קָנָ֜ה1
How it is rendered · 2
- Kanah2
- and Kanah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
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- HNpl · 2
- HC/Npl · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 16:8קָנָ֔הkanahproper noun (a name)From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,here: Kanah
- Joshua 17:9קָנָ֜הkanahproper noun (a name)From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea.here: Kanah
- Joshua 19:28וְקָנָ֑הvekanahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)It went on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon.here: and Kanah
Same headword in Strong's