Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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}.)
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) 1.7 (wn)
Canaanite
n : the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied
Canaan before the Israelite conquest [syn: {Canaanite}]
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