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Canaanite
Ca′naan-ite
,Noun.
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.
Ca′naan-ite
,Noun.
[From an Aramaic word signifying “zeal.”]
A zealot.
“Simon the Canaanite.” Matt. x. 4.
☞ This was the “Simon called Zelotes” (
Luke vi. 15
), i.e., Simon the zealot. Kitto.