Kanah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Kanah
     reedy; brook of reeds. (1.) A stream forming the boundary
     between Ephraim and Manasseh, from the Mediterranean eastward to
     Tappuah (Josh. 16:8). It has been identified with the sedgy
     streams that constitute the Wady Talaik, which enters the sea
     between Joppa and Caesarea. Others identify it with the river'


     Aujeh.
     
       (2.) A town in the north of Asher (Josh. 19:28). It has been
     identified with 'Ain-Kana, a village on the brow of a valley
     some 7 miles south-east of Tyre. About a mile north of this
     place are many colossal ruins strown about. And in the side of a
     neighbouring ravine are figures of men, women, and children cut
     in the face of the rock. These are supposed to be of Phoenician
     origin.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Kanah, of reeds