Canaanite
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Canaanite - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
A name given to the apostle Simon (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18). The word here does not, however, mean a descendant of Canaan, but is a translation, or rather almost a transliteration, of the Syriac word Kanenyeh (R.V. rendered "Cananaen"), which designates the Jewish sect of the Zealots. Hence he is called elsewhere (Luke 6:15) "Simon Zelotes;" i.e., Simon of the sect of the Zealots. (See [94]SIMON.)
In other dictionaries
Read “Canaan” in the 8 dictionaries- CanaanEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- CanaanitesEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- Canaan; CanaanitesInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- Cananaean; CanaaniteInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- CanaanSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- CananaeanSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- Canaan, CanaaniteTranslation Words
Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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