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Strong G2581Κανανίτης, Καναναῖος

Zealot

Transliteration
Kananitēs
Pronunciation
kan-an-ee'-tace
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of some kind

Definition

Of Chaldee origin (compare [H7067]);
zealous;
Cananites an epithet. (By mistake for a derivative from G5477): - Canaanite [by mistake for a derivationfrom G5477].

Detailed definition

Καναναῖος, -ου, ὁ
(late Heb. קָנָא),
a Cananæan or Zealot (cf. ζηλωτής): Mat.10:4, Mrk.3:18 (Rec. -νίτης).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2581 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • canaanite2

First verses

  1. Matthew 10:4
    Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
  2. Mark 3:18
    And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Καναναῖος, -ου, ὁ or Καναναῖος
(late Heb. קָנָא),
1. an emulator, zealous admirer or follower , [5th/4th c.BC (Plato Philosophus)], etc.
2. a zealot , used to translate Κανανίτης or Καναναῖος (from the Hebr. qana, to glow, be zealous) , [Refs 1st c.AD (New Testament)]