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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69813" /> ==
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69813" /> ==
<p> '''Calneh''' (''kăl'neh'' ), ''fortified dwelling,'' or ''fort of the god Ana,'' or ''Anu.'' One of the original cities of Nimrod's empire, &nbsp;Genesis 10:10; &nbsp;Amos 6:2, apparently the same with Calno, &nbsp;Isaiah 10:9, and Canneh, &nbsp;Ezekiel 27:23. It is possibly the modern Niffer, about 60 miles south-southeast of Babylon, on the eastern bank of the Euphrates. </p>
<p> [[Calneh]] (''kăl'neh'' ), ''fortified dwelling,'' or ''fort of the god Ana,'' or ''Anu.'' One of the original cities of Nimrod's empire, &nbsp;Genesis 10:10; &nbsp;Amos 6:2, apparently the same with Calno, &nbsp;Isaiah 10:9, and Canneh, &nbsp;Ezekiel 27:23. It is possibly the modern Niffer, about 60 miles south-southeast of Babylon, on the eastern bank of the Euphrates. </p>
          
          
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80423" /> ==
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80423" /> ==