Bible Location
Meaning: our consummation · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Calneh was one of the early cities linked with Nimrod and later remembered in prophetic comparison with fallen powers. It is important because it connects primeval city tradition with later warnings to arrogant kingdoms. First appears in Gen 10:10.1
Place meaning
our consummation
Coordinates
32.13, 45.23
First appears
Gen 10:10
AI summary: Calneh matters because the name bridges the beginnings of organized human power and later prophetic critique. Genesis includes it in the early city-cluster of Shinar, while Amos uses it as a fallen comparison to challenge complacency. The cross references present Calneh as a city-name of early strength and later warning.1
Place meaning
our consummation
Latitude
32.13
Longitude
45.23
Bible references
2
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). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.