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Cane

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1863ISBE 191511 verse references

Easton's 1897

A tall sedgy plant with a hollow stem, growing in moist places. In Isa. 43:24; Jer. 6:20, the Hebrew word kaneh is thus rendered, giving its name to the plant. It is rendered “reed” in 1 Kings 14:15; Job 40:21; Isa. 19:6; 35:7. In Ps. 68:30 the expression “company of spearmen” is in the margin and the Revised Version “beasts of the reeds,” referring probably to the crocodile or the hippopotamus as a symbol of Egypt. In 2 Kings 18:21; Isa. 36:6; Ezek. 29:6, 7, the reference is to the weak, fragile nature of the reed. (See CALAMUS.)

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1863

[REED]

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

ISBE 1915

kan.

See REED.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

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