Canaanite, Or Rather Cananite (Received Text [with the Codex Sinaiticus], ; Codex A, ; Lachm. with B C, ; D, ; Vulg. Chananeus), the designation of the apostle SIMON, otherwise known as Simon Zelotes. It occurs in Mat 10:4; Mar 3:18. This word does not signify a descendant of Canaan, that being in the Greek … Continue reading “Canaanite, Or Rather Cananite”
Canaanite
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) … Continue reading “Canaanite”
Canaan, the language of
Canaan, the language of mentioned in Isa. 19:18, denotes the language spoken by the Jews resident in Palestine. The language of the Canaanites and of the Hebrews was substantially the same. This is See n from the fragments of the Phoenician language which still survive, which show the closest analogy to the Hebrew. Yet the … Continue reading “Canaan, the language of”
Canaan, The Land of
Canaan, The Land of Ca’naan, The Land of. (literally, lowland). A name denoting the country west of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, and between those waters and the Mediterranean; given, by God, to Abraham’s posterity, the children of Israel. Exo 6:4; Lev 25:38. See Palestina and Palestine. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Canaan, Language Of
Canaan, Language Of ( , lip of Canaan), occurs Isa 19:18, where it undoubtedly designates the language spoken by the Jews dwelling in Palestine. That the language spoken by the Canaanites was substantially identical with Hebrew appears, 1. From the fact that the proper names of Canaanitish persons and places are Hebrew, and can be … Continue reading “Canaan, Language Of”
CANAAN, LAND OF
Canaan, land of (Semitic: kana, to bow down; hence, lowlands) Term applied in a limited sense by biblical writers to the northern coast of modern Palestine, or Phenicia; or to the lowland of the Philistines on the southern coast. They identify it more generally with the whole of Western Palestine, including the mountainous districts occupied … Continue reading “CANAAN, LAND OF”
Canaan, Canaanites
Canaan, Canaanites (Canaan, Canaanites). The Hebrew word Kenaan, denoting a person, occurs: in the Old Testament as the name of one of Ham’s sons; in a lengthened form, Kenaanah (D.V., Chanana, Canaana) as the name of two other people (1 Chronicles 7:10; 2 Chronicles 18:10); denoting a country, as the name of the region of … Continue reading “Canaan, Canaanites”
Canaan
CANAAN 1. The son of Ham, and grandson of Noah, Gen 9:18 . His numerous posterity seem to have occupied Zidon first, and thence spread into Syria and Canaan, Gen 10:15-19 1Ch 1:13-16 . The Jews believe that he was implicated with his father in the dishonor done to Noah, Gen 9:20-27, which was the … Continue reading “Canaan”
Canaainite
Canaainite (Heb., usually in the sing., and with the art., hak-Kenaani’, , i.e. accurately according to Hebrew usage [Gesenius, Hebrews Gram. 107], the Canaanite; but in the Auth. Vers., with few exceptions, rendered as plural, and therefore indistinguishable from , Kenaanim’, which also, but unfrequently, occurs; Sept. generally [or ]; but , Exo 6:15; comp. … Continue reading “Canaainite”
Cana of Galilee
Cana of Galilee kana, ( , Kana tes Galilaas): This was the scene of Christ’s earliest miracle, when, at the marriage feast, He turned water into wine (Joh 2:1). It was the home of Nathaniel (Joh 21:2). From Cana, after the marriage, Jesus went down to Capernaum (Joh 2:12), and returned at the request of … Continue reading “Cana of Galilee”