kaneh

Cannabis is called kaneh bosem in Hebrew, which is now recognized as the Scythian word that Herodotus wrote as kannabis (or cannabis).

Cannabis Culture Magazine 2009

43: 24; Jer. 6: 20, the Hebrew word kaneh is thus rendered, giving its name to the plant.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

The Spirit speaks in the canon of Scripture (the word canon is derived from Hebrew, "kaneh," "a reed," the word here used; and John it was who completed the canon).

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

In 1980 the Hebrew Institute of Jerusalem confirmed her claim that indeed "kaneh bosm" is cannabis. by

Phelps and Obama-- leading the way Towards legalizing Marijuana. 2009

In 1936 a Polish Anthropologist named Sula Benet discovered that in the original Hebrew text of the Old Testament the word "kaneh bosm" had been translated as calamus by the Greeks when they first rendered the Books in the 3rd century B.C., and then propagated as such in all future translations from the Greek as Hebrew ceased to be a spoken language, not again revived until the 1800's.

Phelps and Obama-- leading the way Towards legalizing Marijuana. 2009

Benet claimed through substantial research and etymological comparison that the proper translation for "kaneh bosm" is cannabis.

Phelps and Obama-- leading the way Towards legalizing Marijuana. 2009

In 1980 the Hebrew Institute of Jerusalem confirmed her claim that "kaneh bosm" is indeed cannabis.

Christiane Amanpour's "God's Warriors" 2007

In 1936 a Polish Anthropologist named Sula Benet discovered that in the original Hebrew of the Old Testament the word "kaneh bosm" had been translated as calamus or fragrant cane by the Greeks when they first rendered the Books in the 3rd century BC.

Christiane Amanpour's "God's Warriors" 2007

In Exodus 30: 23 God instructs Moses to use 250 shekels of "kaneh bosm" in the oil to anoint all Kings, Priests, and Prophets, for all generations, including Jesus and today as the title Christ is Anointed!

Christiane Amanpour's "God's Warriors" 2007

The Bible speaks of many kinds of reeds; this one, kaneh in Hebrew, grew up to fifteen feet tall and had several uses.

The God of the Towel Jim McGuiggan 1997