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Reed: 1. "Paper reeds" (Isaiah 19:7) R.V., "reeds"). Heb. 'aroth, properly green herbage growing in marshy places.

2. Heb. kaneh (1 Kings 14:15; Job 40:21; Isaiah 19:6) whence the Gr. kanna, a "cane," a generic name for a reed of any kind. 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

(2 Kings 18:21; Ezekiel 29:6) also fickleness or instability

(Matthew 11:7) comp. (Ephesians 4:14) A "bruised reed" (Isaiah 42:3; Matthew 12:20) is an emblem of a believer weak in grace. A reed was put into our Lord's hands in derision (Matthew 27:29) and "they took the reed and smote him on the head" (Matthew 27:30) The "reed" on which they put the sponge filled with vinegar (Matthew 27:48) was, according to John (Jo 19:29) a hyssop stalk, which must have been of some length, or perhaps a bunch of hyssop twigs fastened to a rod with the sponge.

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