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Bible Encyclopedias
Cane
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or the rendering in only two passages (Isaiah 43:24; Jeremiah 6:20) of the Hebrews word קָכֶה, kaneh', from which, indeed, the modern term (Chald., Syr., and Arab. essentially the same; Gr. κάννη, Lat. canna) appears to have been derived, signifying properly a reed (as usually translated), i.e. the tall sedgy plant with a hollow stem (from קָכָה, to erect), growing in moist places (1 Kings 14:15; Job 40:21; Isaiah 19:6; Isaiah 35:7; so Psalms 68:31, beast of the reeds [A. V. "multitude of spearmen,"], i.e. the crocodile); also the sweet flag (Ezekiel 27:19;Song of Solomon 4:14; fully Exodus 30:23); also the cultivated reed used as a staff (Ezekiel 29:6; Isaiah 36:6); hence a measuring reed or rod (Ezekiel 40:3; Ezekiel 40:5; Ezekiel 42:16-19); also a simple stalk of grain (Genesis 41:5; Genesis 41:22); likewise the upper bone of the arm (Job 31:22); the rod or beam of a balance, put for the balance itself (Isaiah 46:6); the shaft or stem of the sacred candelabrum (Exodus 30:31; Exodus 37:17), as well as its branches or tubes (Exodus 25:32-33; Exodus 25:35, etc.). As the name of a plant, the word designates in Scripture three kinds of the genus A rundo, of which we accordingly give here a detailed description.
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