Strong’s definition
a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)
KJV gloss list in the source
balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, [idiom] spearman, stalk.
Source pronunciation notation: kaw-neh'
Derivation recorded by Strong
from H7069 (קָנָה);
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