'Canaanite' definitions:
Definition of 'Canaanite'
(from WordNet)
noun
A member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites
noun
The extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied Canaan before the Israelite conquest
Definition of 'Canaanite'
From: GCIDE
- Canaanite \Ca"naan*ite\, n.
- 1. A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Canaanite'
From: GCIDE
- Canaanite \Ca"naan*ite\, n. [From an Aramaic word signifying "zeal."] A zealot. "Simon the Canaanite." --Matt. x. 4. [1913 Webster]
- Note: This was the "Simon called Zelotes" (--Luke vi. 15), i.e., Simon the zealot. --Kitto. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'canaanite'
From: 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.)