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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Canaanite n : the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied Canaan before the Israelite conquest [syn: {Canaanite}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Canaanite 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 {SIMON}.)
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