Branch
קָנֶהStrong’s H7070qaneh (qa-neh)
Appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qaneh is the Hebrew word usually translated “branches”, “reed” and “branches of”. It appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.”
Meaning
- Reed, stalk, bone, balancesstalk · water-plant, reed · calamus (aromatic reed) · derived meanings
How it's translated
- the branches 10
- reed 8
- a reed 8
- branches of 4
- reeds 4
- by reed of 4
- on the branch 3
- on a stalk 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 12
- Exodus 11
- Isaiah 6
- Genesis 2
- Job 2
- 1 Kings 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 41:22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
- Exodus 25:31And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
- Exodus 25:32And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
- Exodus 25:33Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
- Exodus 25:35And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.
- Exodus 25:36Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
Hebrew dictionary
קָנֶה qaneh · branch
: branch 1) reed, stalk, bone, balances 1a) stalk 1b) water-plant, reed 1c) calamus (aromatic reed) 1d) derived meanings 1d1) measuring-rod 1d2) reed (as unit of measure-6 cubits) 1d3) beam (of scales-for scales themselves) 1d4) shaft (of lampstand) 1d5) branches (of lampstand) 1d6) shoulder-joint
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “branch” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BR'ANCH, noun
- The shoot of a tree or other plant; a limb; a bough shooting from the stem, or from another branch or bough.
- Any arm or extended part shooting or extended from the main body of a thing; as the branch of a candlestick or of an artery.
- Any member or part of a body, or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; as, charity is a branch of christian duty.
- Any individual of a family descending in a collateral line; any descendant from a common parent or stock.
All definitions and other forms of “branch”
- Branches of a bridle, two pieces of bent iron which bear the bit, the cross chains and the curb.
- In architecture, branches of ogives are the arches of Gothic vaults, traversing from one angle to another diagonally, and forming a cross between the other arches, which make the sides of the square, of which these arches are diagonals.
- A warrant or commission given to a pilot.
- A chandelier.
BR'ANCH, verb intransitive
To shoot or spread in branches; to ramify, as a plant, or as horns.
- To divide into separate parts, or subdivisions, as a mountain, a stream, or a moral subject; to ramify.
- To speak diffusively; to make many distinctions or divisions in a discourse.
- To have horns shooting out.
BR'ANCH, verb transitive
To divide as into branches; to make subordinate divisions.
- To adorn with needle work, representing branches, flowers, or twigs.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.