Definition of Canaanite. Meaning of Canaanite. Synonyms of Canaanite

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Definition of Canaanite

Canaanite
Canaanite Ca"naan*ite, n. 1. A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah. 2. A Native or inhabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
Canaanite
Canaanite Ca"naan*ite, n. [From an Aramaic word signifying ``zeal.'] A zealot. ``Simon the Canaanite.' --Matt. x. 4. Note: This was the ``Simon called Zelotes' (--Luke vi. 15), i.e., Simon the zealot. --Kitto.

Meaning of Canaanite from wikipedia

- with and derived from Canaanite culture ... In short, Israelite culture was largely Canaanite in nature.": 13–14  The name "Canaanites" is attested, many...
- Canaanite religion or Syro-Canaanite religions refers to the myths, cults and ritual practices of people in the Levant during roughly the first three millennia BC...
- Canaanite may refer to: Canaan and Canaanite people, Semitic-speaking region and culture in the Ancient Near East Canaanite languages Canaanite religion...
- The Canaanite languages, sometimes referred to as Canaanite dialects, are one of four subgroups of the Northwest Semitic languages. The others are Aramaic...
- Semitic religion, because the Israelite religion was a derivative of the Canaanite religion and included a variety of deities from it, including El, Asherah...
- Simon the Zealot (Acts 1:13, Luke 6:15), also the Canaanite or the Canaanean (Matthew 10:4, Mark 3:18; Ancient Gr****: Σίμων ὁ Κανανίτης; Coptic: ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ...
- the 1st millennium BC. It was one of the first alphabets, attested in Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions found across the Mediterranean region. In the...
- the sea, the Canaanites and Phoenicians regarded Baʿal as the patron of sailors and sea-going merchants. As vanquisher of Mot, the Canaanite death god,...
- Proto-Semitic *ʔil-. Originally a Canaanite deity known as 'El, 'Al or 'Il the supreme god of the ancient Canaanite religion and the supreme god of East...
- Proto-Canaanite is the name given to: The Proto-Sinaitic script when found in Canaan, dating to about the 17th century BC and later. A hypothetical ancestor...