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The Hebrew word "qaneh" and the Greek word "kalamos" are often translated as "reed" in the Bible. Reeds were common in the ancient Near East and held significant cultural and symbolic meanings.<br><br><b>Physical Characteristics and Uses</b><br><br>Reeds are characterized by their hollow stems and jointed nodes. They can grow to considerable heights and are typically found in wetlands, along riverbanks, and in shallow waters. In biblical times, reeds were used for a variety of practical purposes. They were employed in the construction of baskets, mats, and even simple writing instruments. The flexibility and abundance of reeds made them a valuable resource for everyday life.<br><br><b>Symbolic Significance</b><br><br>Reeds carry rich symbolic meanings in the Bible. They often represent fragility and weakness due to their slender and easily bendable nature. In <a href="/2_kings/18-21.htm">2 Kings 18:21</a>, the prophet Isaiah uses the imagery of a broken reed to describe the unreliability of relying on Egypt for support: "Now look, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it."<br><br>In the New Testament, reeds are associated with the suffering and mockery of Jesus Christ. During His trial and crucifixion, a reed was placed in His hand as a mock scepter, symbolizing the false homage paid to Him as "King of the Jews" (<a href="/matthew/27-29.htm">Matthew 27:29-30</a>): "And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they set it on His head. They put a staff in His right hand, knelt down before Him, and mocked Him, saying, 'Hail, King of the Jews!' Then they spat on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly."<br><br><b>Reeds in Prophecy and Parable</b><br><br>Reeds also appear in prophetic and parabolic contexts. In <a href="/isaiah/42-3.htm">Isaiah 42:3</a>, the prophet speaks of the coming Messiah with the words, "A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice." This passage highlights the compassion and gentleness of the Messiah, who will not crush the weak or extinguish the faint-hearted.<br><br>In the parables of Jesus, reeds are used to illustrate spiritual truths. For instance, in <a href="/matthew/11-7.htm">Matthew 11:7</a>, Jesus refers to John the Baptist, asking the crowd, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?" This rhetorical question emphasizes John's steadfastness and strength of character, contrasting with the image of a reed easily swayed by external forces.<br><br><b>Reeds in Worship and Measurement</b><br><br>Reeds were also used in the construction of musical instruments, such as flutes, which played a role in worship and celebration. Additionally, reeds served as measuring tools in ancient times. Ezekiel's vision of the new temple includes a measuring reed, symbolizing precision and divine order (<a href="/ezekiel/40-3.htm">Ezekiel 40:3-5</a>): "He brought me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway."<br><br>In summary, reeds in the Bible are multifaceted symbols representing fragility, humility, and divine justice. They serve as reminders of human weakness and the gentle strength of God, who supports and sustains His people.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Reed</span><p>Under this name may be noticed the following Hebrew words: <ol> <li><i>Agmon</i> occurs in (<a href="/job/40-12.htm">Job 40:12,16</a>; <a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm">Isaiah 9:14</a>) (Authorized Version "rush"). There can be no doubt that it denotes some aquatic reed-like plant, probably the <i>Phragmitis communis</i> , which, if it does not occur in Palestine and Egypt, is represented by a very closely-allied species, viz., the <i>Arundo isiaca</i> of Delisle. The drooping panicle of this plant will answer well to the "bowing down the head" of which Isaiah speaks. (<a href="/isaiah/58-5.htm">Isaiah 58:5</a>)</li> <li><i>Gnome</i> , translated "rush" and "bulrush" by the Authorized Version, without doubt denotes the celebrated paper-reed of the ancients, <i>Papyrus antiquorum</i> , which formerly was common in some parts of Egypt. The papyrus reed is not now found in Egypt; it grows however, in Syria. Dr. Hooker saw it on the banks of Lake Tiberias, a few miles north of the town. The papyrus plant has an angular stem from 3 to 6 feet high, though occasionally it grows to the height of 14 feet it has no leaves; the flowers are in very small spikelets, which grow on the thread-like flowering branchlets which form a bushy crown to each stem; (It was used for making paper, shoes, sails, ropes, mattresses, etc. The Greek name is <i>Biblos</i> , from which came our word Bible--book--because books were made of the papyrus paper. This paper was always expensive among the Greeks, being worth a dollar a sheet. --ED.)</li> <li><i>Kaneh</i> , a reed of any kind. Thus there are in general four kinds of reeds named in the Bible: (1) The water reed; No, 1 above. (2) A stronger reed, <i>Arundo donax</i> , the true reed of Egypt and Palestine, which grows 8 or 10 feet high, and is thicker than a man's thumb. It has a jointed stalk like the bamboo, and is very abundant on the Nile. (3) The writing reed, <i>Arundo scriptoria</i> , was used for making pens. (4) The papyrus; No. 2.</li> </ol><a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Reed</span><p>Sometimes a stalk or rod of any plant, as of the hyssop, <a href="/matthew/27-48.htm">Matthew 27:48</a> <a href="/john/19-29.htm">John 19:29</a>. </p><p>Usually, however, the word reed denotes a reed or cane growing in marshy grounds, <a href="/job/40-21.htm">Job 40:21</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-6.htm">Isaiah 19:6</a>; slender and fragile, and hence taken as an emblem of weakness, <a href="/1_kings/18-21.htm">1 Kings 18:21</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-6.htm">Isaiah 36:6</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-6.htm">Ezekiel 29:6</a>; and of instability, <a href="/matthew/11-7.htm">Matthew 11:7</a>. "A bruised reed," <a href="/isaiah/42-3.htm">Isaiah 42:3</a> <a href="/context/matthew/12-20.htm">Matthew 12:20</a>, is an emblem of a soul crushed and ready to sink in despair under a sense of its guilty and lost condition. Such a soul the Saviour will graciously sustain and strengthen. The reed of spice, or good reed, (English version, "sweet calamus," <a href="/context/exodus/30-23.htm">Exodus 30:23</a>, "sweet cane" <a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Jeremiah 6:20</a>) also called simply reed, (English version, "calamus" or "sweet cane,") <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Isaiah 43:24</a>; So 4:14; <a href="/context/ezekiel/27-19.htm">Ezekiel 27:19</a>, is the sweet flag of India, calamus odoratus. Reeds were anciently used as pens and as measuring-rods, <a href="/ezekiel/40-5.htm">Ezekiel 40:5</a> 42:16. The Hebrew "reed" is supposed to have been about ten feet long. </p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div><p>(1.) "Paper reeds" (<a href="/isaiah/19-7.htm">Isaiah 19:7</a>; R.V., "reeds"). Hebrews `aroth, properly green herbage growing in marshy places.<p>(2.) Hebrews kaneh (<a href="/1_kings/14-15.htm">1 Kings 14:15</a>; <a href="/job/40-21.htm">Job 40:21</a>; <a href="/isaiah/19-6.htm">Isaiah 19:6</a>), whence the Gr. kanna, a "cane," a generic name for a reed of any kind.<p>The reed of Egypt and Palestine is the Arundo donax, which grows to the height of 12 feet, its stalk jointed like the bamboo, "with a magnificent panicle of blossom at the top, and so slender and yielding that it will lie perfectly flat under a gust of wind, and immediately resume its upright position." It is used to illustrate weakness (<a href="/2_kings/18-21.htm">2 Kings 18:21</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/29-6.htm">Ezek. 29:6</a>), also fickleness or instability (<a href="/matthew/11-7.htm">Matthew 11:7</a>; Comp. <a href="/ephesians/4-14.htm">Ephesians 4:14</a>).<p>A "bruised reed" (<a href="/isaiah/42-3.htm">Isaiah 42:3</a>; <a href="/matthew/12-20.htm">Matthew 12:20</a>) is an emblem of a believer weak in grace. A reed was put into our Lord's hands in derision (<a href="/matthew/27-29.htm">Matthew 27:29</a>); and "they took the reed and smote him on the head" (30). The "reed" on which they put the sponge filled with vinegar (<a href="/matthew/27-48.htm">Matthew 27:48</a>) was, according to John (<a href="/matthew/19-29.htm">19:29</a>), a hyssop stalk, which must have been of some length, or perhaps a bunch of hyssop twigs fastened to a rod with the sponge. (see <a href="../c/cane.htm">CANE</a>.)<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>a.</I>) Red.<p>2. (<I>v. & n.</I>) Same as Rede.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America (Phragmites communis).<p>5. (<I>n.</I>) A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.<p>6. (<I>n.</I>) An arrow, as made of a reed.<p>7. (<I>n.</I>) Straw prepared for thatching a roof.<p>8. (<I>n.</I>) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube.<p>9. (<I>n.</I>) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ.<p>10. (<I>n.</I>) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See Batten.<p>11. (<I>n.</I>) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.<p>12. (<I>n.</I>) Same as Reeding.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">MEASURING REED</span><p>(qeneh hamiddah; kalamos): Used in <a href="/ezekiel/40-5.htm">Ezekiel 40:5</a>;; 42:16:00; 45:01:00; <a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">Revelation 11:1</a>; <a href="/revelation/21-15.htm">Revelation 21:15, 16</a>. The length of the reed is given as 6 cubits, each cubit being a cubit and a palm, i.e. the large cubit of 7 palms, or about 10 ft. See <a href="../c/cubit.htm">CUBIT</a>. Originally it was an actual reed used for measurements of considerable length, but came at last to be used for a measure of definite length, as indicated by the reference in Ezekiel (compare "pole" in English measures).<p><span class="encheading">REED</span><p>red:<br><br>(1) achu, translated "reed-grass" (<a href="/genesis/41-2.htm">Genesis 41:2, 18</a> <a href="/job/8-11.htm">Job 8:11</a> margin). See <a href="../f/flag.htm">FLAG</a>.<br><br>(2) 'ebheh, translated "swift," margin "reed" (<a href="/job/9-26.htm">Job 9:26</a>). The "ships of reed" are the light skiffs made of plaited reeds used on the Nile; compare "vessels of papyrus" (<a href="/isaiah/18-2.htm">Isaiah 18:2</a>).<br><br>(3) 'aghammim, translated "reeds," margin "marshes," Hebrew "pools" (<a href="/jeremiah/51-32.htm">Jeremiah 51:32</a>); elsewhere "pools" (<a href="/exodus/7-19.htm">Exodus 7:19</a>; <a href="/exodus/8-5.htm">Exodus 8:5</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-23.htm">Isaiah 14:23</a>, etc.). See <a href="../p/pool.htm">POOL</a>.<br><br>(4) `aroth; achi, translated "meadows," the King James Version "paper reeds" (<a href="/isaiah/19-7.htm">Isaiah 19:7</a>). See <a href="../m/meadow.htm">MEADOW</a>.<br><br>(5) qaneh; kalamos (the English "cane" comes from Hebrew via Latin and Greek canna), "stalk" (<a href="/genesis/41-5.htm">Genesis 41:5, 22</a>); "shaft" (<a href="/exodus/37-17.htm">Exodus 37:17</a>, etc.); "reed," or "reeds" (<a href="/1_kings/14-15.htm">1 Kings 14:15</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-21.htm">2 Kings 18:21</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-6.htm">Isaiah 36:6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/42-3.htm">Isaiah 42:3</a> <a href="/psalms/68-30.htm">Psalm 68:30</a>, the King James Version "spearman"); "calamus" (<a href="/exodus/30-23.htm">Exodus 30:23</a> <a href="/songs/4-14.htm">Songs 4:14</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-19.htm">Ezekiel 27:19</a>); "sweet cane," margin "calamus" (<a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Isaiah 43:24</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Jeremiah 6:20</a>); "bone" (<a href="/job/31-22.htm">Job 31:22</a>); used of the cross-beam of a "balance" (<a href="/isaiah/46-6.htm">Isaiah 46:6</a>); "a measuring reed" (<a href="/ezekiel/40-3.htm">Ezekiel 40:3</a>); "a staff of reed," i.e. a walking-stick (<a href="/isaiah/36-6.htm">Isaiah 36:6</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-6.htm">Ezekiel 29:6</a>); the "branches" of a candlestick (<a href="/exodus/37-18.htm">Exodus 37:18</a>).<br><br>(6) kalamos, "a reed shaken with the wind" (<a href="/matthew/11-7.htm">Matthew 11:7</a> <a href="/luke/7-24.htm">Luke 7:24</a>); "a bruised reed" (<a href="/matthew/12-20.htm">Matthew 12:20</a>); they put "a reed in his right hand" (<a href="/matthew/27-29.htm">Matthew 27:29, 30</a>); "They smote his head with a reed" (<a href="/mark/15-19.htm">Mark 15:19</a>); "put it on a reed" (<a href="/matthew/27-48.htm">Matthew 27:48</a> <a href="/mark/15-36.htm">Mark 15:36</a>); "a measuring reed" (<a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">Revelation 11:1</a>; <a href="/revelation/21-15.htm">Revelation 21:15, 16</a>); "a pen" (3 <a href="/john/1-13.htm">John 1:13</a>).<br><br>It is clear that qaneh and its Greek equivalent kalamos mean many things. Some refer to different uses to which a reed is put, e.g. a cross-beam of a balance, a walking-stick, a measuring rod, and a pen (see above), but apart from this qaneh is a word used for at least two essentially different things:<br><br>(1) an ordinary reed, and<br><br>(2) some sweet-smelling substance.<br><br>(1) The most common reed in Palestine is the Arundo donax (Natural Order Gramineae), known in Arabic as qacabfarasi, "Persian reed." It grows in immense quantities in the Jordan valley along the river and its tributaries and at the oases near the Dead Sea, notably around `Ain Feshkhah at the northwest corner. It is a lofty reed, often 20 ft. high, of a beautiful fresh green in summer when all else is dead and dry, and of a fine appearance from a distance in the spring months when it is in full bloom and the beautiful silky panicles crown the top of every reed. The "covert of the reed" (<a href="/job/40-21.htm">Job 40:21</a>) shelters a large amount of animal and bird life. This reed will answer to almost all the requirements of the above references.<br><br>(2) Qaneh is in <a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Jeremiah 6:20</a> qualified qaneh ha-Tobh, "sweet" or "pleasant cane," and in <a href="/exodus/30-23.htm">Exodus 30:23</a>, qeneh bhosem, "sweet calamus," or, better, a "cane of fragrance." <a href="/songs/4-14.htm">Songs 4:14</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Isaiah 43:24</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-19.htm">Ezekiel 27:19</a> all apparently refer to the same thing, though in these passages the qaneh is unqualified. It was an ingredient of the holy oil (<a href="/exodus/30-23.htm">Exodus 30:23</a>); it was imported from a distance (<a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Jeremiah 6:20</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-19.htm">Ezekiel 27:19</a>), and it was rare and costly (<a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Isaiah 43:24</a>). It may have been the "scented calamus" (Axorus calamus) of Pliny (NH, xii.48), or some other aromatic scented reed or flag, or, as some think, some kind of aromatic bark. The sweetness refers to the scent, not the taste.<br><br>See also <a href="../b/bulrush.htm">BULRUSH</a>; <a href="../p/papyrus.htm">PAPYRUS</a>.<br><br>E. W. G. Masterman<p><span class="encheading">REED, MEASURING</span><p>mezh'-ur-ing (qeneh ha-middah): In Ezekiel's vision of the temple a "man" (an angel) appears with a "measuring reed" to measure the dimensions of the temple (<a href="/ezekiel/40-3.htm">Ezekiel 40:3</a>; 42:16). The reed is described as 6 cubits long, "of a cubit and a handbreadth each," i.e. the cubit used was a handbreadth longer than the common cubit (see CUBIT; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; TEMPLE). In the Apocalypse this idea of a measuring reed reappears for measuring the temple (<a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">Revelation 11:1</a>) and the holy city (<a href="/revelation/21-15.htm">Revelation 21:15, 16</a>, "a golden reed"). The thought conveyed is exactitude in the dimensions of these edifices, symbolic of the symmetry and perfection of God's church.<br><br>James Orr<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2563.htm"><span class="l">2563. kalamos -- a <b>reed</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> a <b>reed</b>. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kalamos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (kal'-am-os) Short Definition: a <b>reed</b>, <b>reed</b>-pen Definition: a <b>reed</b>; a <b>reed</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2563.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4711.htm"><span class="l">4711. spuris -- a (large, flexible) basket (for carrying <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Definition: a plaited basket. 4711 -- literally, a tightly wound (plaited)<br> basket; a "hamper, <b>reed</b> basket" (J. Thayer). Word Origin of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4711.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2583.htm"><span class="l">2583. kanon -- a rule, standard</span></a> <br><b>...</b> From kane (a straight <b>reed</b>, ie Rod); a rule ("canon"), ie (figuratively) a standard<br> (of faith and practice); by implication, a boundary, ie (figuratively) a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2583.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7070.htm"><span class="l">7070. qaneh -- a stalk, <b>reed</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 7069, 7070. qaneh. 7071 . a stalk, <b>reed</b>. Transliteration: qaneh Phonetic<br> Spelling: (kaw-neh') Short Definition: branches. Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7070.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/16.htm"><span class="l">16. ebeh -- <b>reed</b>, papyrus</span></a><br><b>...</b> 15, 16. ebeh. 17 . <b>reed</b>, papyrus. Transliteration: ebeh Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ay-beh') Short Definition: <b>reed</b>. Word Origin from abah <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/16.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5748.htm"><span class="l">5748. uggab -- (a <b>reed</b> musical instrument) perhaps a flute</span></a><br><b>...</b> uggab or uggab. 5749 . (a <b>reed</b> musical instrument) perhaps a flute. Transliteration:<br> uggab or uggab Phonetic Spelling: (oo-gawb') Short Definition: flute. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5748.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5489.htm"><span class="l">5489. Suph -- "<b>reed</b>," a place near which the law was given</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5488, 5489. Suph. 5490 . "<b>reed</b>," a place near which the law was given.<br> Transliteration: Suph Phonetic Spelling: (soof) Short Definition: Suph. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5489.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1573.htm"><span class="l">1573. gome -- a rush, <b>reed</b>, papyrus</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1572, 1573. gome. 1574 . a rush, <b>reed</b>, papyrus. Transliteration: gome<br> Phonetic Spelling: (go'-meh) Short Definition: papyrus. Word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1573.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6169.htm"><span class="l">6169. arah -- bare place</span></a><br><b>...</b> paper <b>reed</b>. Feminine from arah; a naked (ie Level) plot -- paper <b>reed</b>. see<br> HEBREW arah. 6168, 6169. arah. 6170 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6169.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5464.htm"><span class="l">5464. sagrir -- steady or persistent rain</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5463, 5464. sagrir. 5465 . steady or persistent rain. Transliteration:<br> sagrir Phonetic Spelling: (sag-<b>reed</b>') Short Definition: rain. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5464.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8300.htm"><span class="l">8300. sarid -- a survivor</span></a><br><b>...</b> 8299, 8300. sarid. 8301 . a survivor. Transliteration: sarid Phonetic<br> Spelling: (saw-<b>reed</b>') Short Definition: survivor. Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8300.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5488.htm"><span class="l">5488. suph -- reeds, rushes</span></a><br><b>...</b> flag, Red sea, weed. Probably of Egyptian origin; a <b>reed</b>, especially the papyrus --<br> flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare Cuwph. see HEBREW Cuwph. 5487, 5488. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5488.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8301.htm"><span class="l">8301. Sariyd -- a city on the border of Zebulun</span></a><br><b>...</b> 8300, 8301. Sariyd. 8301a . a city on the border of Zebulun. Transliteration:<br> Sariyd Phonetic Spelling: (suw-<b>reed</b>') Short Definition: Sarid. Sarid <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8301.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/nutter/hymn_writers_of_the_church/reed.htm"><span class="l"><b>Reed</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Reed</b>. <b>Reed</b>, Andrew, an English Independent minister, was born in London<br> November 27, 1787; was graduated from Hackney College, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/nutter/hymn writers of the church/reed.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bevan/hymns_of_ter_steegen_and_others_second_series/the_reed.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Reed</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> FOR THE CHILDREN THE <b>REED</b>. tr., Emma Frances Bevan, 1899. <b>...</b> The green reeds have no<br> blossom bright". I would not be a <b>reed</b>. For all the summer flowers declare. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen and others second series/the reed.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mede/a_key_to_the_apocalypse/synchronism_vi_of_the_measure.htm"><span class="l">Of the Measure of the Interior Court by the <b>Reed</b> of God, with the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Of the Measure of the Interior Court by the <b>Reed</b> of God, with the Snares of the<br> Seven-headed Dragon, and his Battle with Michael concerning the Birth of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../mede/a key to the apocalypse/synchronism vi of the measure.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bangs/an_alphabetical_list_of_m_e_preachers/letter_r.htm"><span class="l">Letter R</span></a> <br><b>...</b> John "Received 1826, Located 1836 * Redman, Stewart "Received 1790, Located 1795 *<br> Redman, William W. "Received 1820, Located 1830 * <b>Reed</b>, Benjamin N <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/bangs/an alphabetical list of m e preachers/letter r.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ephraim/hymns_and_homilies_of_ephraim_the_syrian/hymn_vii_as_in_a.htm"><span class="l">As in a Race Saw I the Disputers, the Children of Strife, [Trying] <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> 5. Instead of the <b>reed</b> which the former people made the Son hold, others have dared<br> with their <b>reed</b> [552] to write in their tracts that He is only a Son of man <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn vii as in a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_the_gospel_of_saint_matthew/homily_lxxxvii_matt_xxvii_27-29.htm"><span class="l">Matt. xxvii. 27-29.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> band of soldiers; and they stripped Him, and put on Him a purple robe; and when<br> they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a <b>reed</b> in His <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxxxvii matt xxvii 27-29.htm</font><p><a href="/library/basil/basil_letters_and_select_works/homily_v_the_germination_of.htm"><span class="l">The Germination of the Earth.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> How then, they say, can Scripture describe all the plants of the earth as seed-bearing,<br> when the <b>reed</b>, couch-grass, [1537] mint, crocus, garlic, and the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily v the germination of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tauler/the_inner_way/sermon_xi_on_the_feast.htm"><span class="l">On the Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a man clothed in soft garments? or did ye go out into the desert to see a<br> <b>reed</b> shaken with the wind?" No, he was none of these things. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/tauler/the inner way/sermon xi on the feast.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/homilies_on_the_gospel_of_john/tractate_cxix_john_chapter_xix.htm"><span class="l">John Chapter xix. 24-30.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For as we read in the other evangelists, what is omitted by this one, it was fixed<br> on a <b>reed</b>, [1905] so that such drink as was contained in the sponge might be <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate cxix john chapter xix.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/christ_the_arrester_of_incipient.htm"><span class="l">Christ the Arrester of Incipient Evil and the Nourisher of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHRIST THE ARRESTER OF INCIPIENT EVIL AND THE NOURISHER OF INCIPIENT GOOD. 'A bruised<br> <b>reed</b> shall He not break, and the smoking flax shall He not quench.... <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/christ the arrester of incipient.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/r/reed.htm"><span class="l"><b>Reed</b> (41 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> kanna, a "cane," a generic name for a <b>reed</b> of any kind. <b>...</b> A "bruised <b>reed</b>" (Isaiah<br> 42:3; Matthew 12:20) is an emblem of a believer weak in grace. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reed.htm - 29k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/measuring-reed.htm"><span class="l">Measuring-<b>reed</b> (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Measuring-<b>reed</b>. Measuring-line, Measuring-<b>reed</b>. Measuring-rod .<br> Multi-Version Concordance Measuring-<b>reed</b> (6 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/measuring-reed.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/reed-grass.htm"><span class="l"><b>Reed</b>-grass (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>Reed</b>-grass. Reedgrass, <b>Reed</b>-grass. <b>Reed</b>-plants .<br> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia <b>REED</b>-GRASS. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reed-grass.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/reed-boats.htm"><span class="l"><b>Reed</b>-boats (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>Reed</b>-boats. <b>Reed</b>, <b>Reed</b>-boats. Reedgrass . Multi-Version Concordance<br><b>Reed</b>-boats (1 Occurrence). Job 9:26 They go rushing <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reed-boats.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/reed-plants.htm"><span class="l"><b>Reed</b>-plants (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>Reed</b>-plants. <b>Reed</b>-grass, <b>Reed</b>-plants. Reeds . Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>Reed</b>-plants (1 Occurrence). Hosea 13:15 Though <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reed-plants.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/reeds.htm"><span class="l">Reeds (27 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Can the <b>reed</b>-grass grow without water? (See RSV NIV). Job 40:21 He lieth under the<br> lotus-trees, in the covert of the <b>reed</b>, and fens. (See NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reeds.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/measuring.htm"><span class="l">Measuring (42 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> H. Porter. MEASURING <b>REED</b>. <b>...</b> The length of the <b>reed</b> is given as 6 cubits, each cubit<br> being a cubit and a palm, ie the large cubit of 7 palms, or about 10 ft. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/measuring.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/measureth.htm"><span class="l">Measureth (24 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezekiel 40:5 And lo, a wall on the outside of the house all round about, and in<br> the hand of the man a measuring-<b>reed</b>, six cubits by a cubit and a handbreadth <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/measureth.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/flag.htm"><span class="l">Flag (30 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> or rather Egyptian, ahu, Job 8:11), rendered "meadow" in Genesis 41:2, 18; probably<br> the Cyperus esculentus, a species of rush eaten by cattle, the Nile <b>reed</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/flag.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/threshhold.htm"><span class="l">Threshhold (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 40:6 Then he came to the gate which looketh towards the east, and ascended its stairs,<br> and measured the threshhold of the gate, which was one <b>reed</b> broad; and <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/threshhold.htm - 10k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/bruised-reed-not-break.html">What does it mean that “a bruised reed He will not break” in Matthew 12:20? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/red-reed-sea.html">Did the Israelites in the book of Exodus cross the Red Sea or the Reed Sea? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/smoking-flax-not-quench.html">What does it mean that “the smoking flax He will not quench” in Matthew 12:20? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/reed.htm">Reed: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Reed (41 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/11-7.htm">Matthew 11:7</a></span><br />As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A <span class="boldtext">reed</span> shaken by the wind?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/12-20.htm">Matthew 12:20</a></span><br />He won't break a bruised <span class="boldtext">reed</span>. He won't quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/27-29.htm">Matthew 27:29</a></span><br />They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a <span class="boldtext">reed</span> in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/27-30.htm">Matthew 27:30</a></span><br />They spat on him, and took the <span class="boldtext">reed</span> and struck him on the head.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/27-48.htm">Matthew 27:48</a></span><br />Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a <span class="boldtext">reed</span>, and gave him a drink.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/15-19.htm">Mark 15:19</a></span><br />They struck his head with a <span class="boldtext">reed</span>, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/15-36.htm">Mark 15:36</a></span><br />One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a <span class="boldtext">reed</span>, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to take him down."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/7-24.htm">Luke 7:24</a></span><br />When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A <span class="boldtext">reed</span> shaken by the wind?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/11-1.htm">Revelation 11:1</a></span><br />A <span class="boldtext">reed</span> like a rod was given to me. Someone said, "Rise, and measure God's temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/21-15.htm">Revelation 21:15</a></span><br />He who spoke with me had for a measure, a golden <span class="boldtext">reed</span>, to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/21-16.htm">Revelation 21:16</a></span><br />The city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth. He measured the city with the <span class="boldtext">reed</span>, Twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/41-2.htm">Genesis 41:2</a></span><br />And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS ASV DBY YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/41-18.htm">Genesis 41:18</a></span><br />And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favoured; and they fed in the reedgrass.<br /><span class="source">(Root in JPS ASV DBY YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/5-14.htm">Judges 5:14</a></span><br />Out of Ephraim their root 'is' against Amalek. After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples. Out of Machir came down lawgivers, And out of Zebulun those drawing with the <span class="boldtext">reed</span> of a writer.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/14-15.htm">1 Kings 14:15</a></span><br />For Yahweh will strike Israel, as a <span class="boldtext">reed</span> is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking Yahweh to anger.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/18-21.htm">2 Kings 18:21</a></span><br />Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised <span class="boldtext">reed</span>, even in Egypt. If a man leans on it, it will go into his hand, and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/8-11.htm">Job 8:11</a></span><br />Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?<br /><span class="source">(See JPS DBY YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/8-12.htm">Job 8:12</a></span><br />While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other <span class="boldtext">reed</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/9-26.htm">Job 9:26</a></span><br />They go rushing on like <span class="boldtext">reed</span>-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/40-21.htm">Job 40:21</a></span><br />He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the <span class="boldtext">reed</span>, and the marsh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/41-2.htm">Job 41:2</a></span><br />Dost thou put a <span class="boldtext">reed</span> in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw? <br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm">Isaiah 9:14</a></span><br />Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and <span class="boldtext">reed</span>, in one day.<br /><span class="source">(WEB YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/18-2.htm">Isaiah 18:2</a></span><br />That is sending by sea ambassadors, Even with implements of <span class="boldtext">reed</span> on the face of the waters, -- Go, ye light messengers, Unto a nation drawn out and peeled, Unto a people fearful from its beginning and onwards, A nation meeting out by line, and treading down, Whose land floods have spoiled.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/19-6.htm">Isaiah 19:6</a></span><br />The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away. <br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/19-15.htm">Isaiah 19:15</a></span><br />And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or <span class="boldtext">reed</span>, may do.<br /><span class="source">(YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/35-7.htm">Isaiah 35:7</a></span><br />The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/36-6.htm">Isaiah 36:6</a></span><br />Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised <span class="boldtext">reed</span>, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/42-3.htm">Isaiah 42:3</a></span><br />He won't break a bruised <span class="boldtext">reed</span>. He won't quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/58-5.htm">Isaiah 58:5</a></span><br />Like this is the fast that I choose? The day of a man's afflicting his soul? To bow as a <span class="boldtext">reed</span> his head, And sackcloth and ashes spread out? This dost thou call a fast, And a desirable day -- to Jehovah?<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/29-6.htm">Ezekiel 29:6</a></span><br />All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of <span class="boldtext">reed</span> to the house of Israel.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-3.htm">Ezekiel 40:3</a></span><br />He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring <span class="boldtext">reed</span>; and he stood in the gate.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-5.htm">Ezekiel 40:5</a></span><br />Behold, a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man's hand a measuring <span class="boldtext">reed</span> six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-6.htm">Ezekiel 40:6</a></span><br />Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up its steps: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one <span class="boldtext">reed</span> broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-7.htm">Ezekiel 40:7</a></span><br />Every lodge was one <span class="boldtext">reed</span> long, and one reed broad; and the space between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/40-8.htm">Ezekiel 40:8</a></span><br />He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one <span class="boldtext">reed</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/41-8.htm">Ezekiel 41:8</a></span><br />I saw also that the house had a raised base all around: the foundations of the side chambers were a full <span class="boldtext">reed</span> of six great cubits. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-16.htm">Ezekiel 42:16</a></span><br />He measured on the east side with the measuring <span class="boldtext">reed</span> five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed all around.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-17.htm">Ezekiel 42:17</a></span><br />He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed all around. <br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-18.htm">Ezekiel 42:18</a></span><br />He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. <br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/42-19.htm">Ezekiel 42:19</a></span><br />He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/13-15.htm">Hosea 13:15</a></span><br />Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the breath of Jehovah coming up from the wilderness; and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall make spoil of the treasure of all goodly vessels. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS NAS RSV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/r/reed.htm">Reed</a></p><p class="pspc"><a 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