Bible Names

Kanah: meaning of the name

Kanah means “of reeds.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Kanah in Hebrew and Greek

Places named Kanah

Kanah in Scripture

“Kanah” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Joshua 16:8

    The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

  • Joshua 17:9

    And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:

  • Joshua 19:28

    And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;