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 may refer to: Canaan and Canaanite people, Semitic-speaking region and culture in the Ancient Near East Canaanite languages Canaanite religion...
- Canaanite religion was a group of ancient Semitic religions practiced by the Canaanites living in the ancient Levant from at least the early Bronze Age...
- The Canaanite languages, sometimes referred to as Canaanite dialects, are one of four subgroups of the Northwest Semitic languages, the others being Aramaic...
- ancient Semitic religion, as their worship apparently included a variety of Canaanite gods and goddesses, such as El, Asherah, and Baal. In later centuries...
- was regarded by the Canaanites and Phoenicians as the patron of sailors and sea-going merchants. As vanquisher of Mot, the Canaanite death god, he was known...
- 1st millennium BC. It was one of the first alphabets, and attested in Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions found across the Mediterranean region. In the...
- Proto-Canaanite is the name given to the (a) the Proto-Sinaitic script when found in Canaan, dating to about the 17th century BC and later. (b) a hypothetical...
- (Matthew 15:21–28). In Matthew, the story is recounted as the healing of a Canaanite woman's daughter. According to both accounts, Jesus exorcised the woman's...
- In historical linguistics, the Canaanite shift is a vowel shift/sound change that took place in the Canaanite dialects, which belong to the Northwest Semitic...