Canaan meaning

kā'nən
A grandson of Noah.
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An ancient region of the southern Levant including the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean as well as much of present-day Lebanon and Jordan and parts of western Syria. In the Bible it is the Promised Land of the Israelites.
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Ancient region at the SE end of the Mediterranean, extending eastward to the Jordan River; the Biblical Promised Land: Gen. 17:8
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An historic region of the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine.
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(rare) A male given name of biblical origin.
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Origin of canaan

  • From the Latin Chanaān, from Ancient Greek Χαναάν (Khanaan), from Hebrew כְּנַעַן (k'ná'an).
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Canaan Sentence Examples

  • Towards the close of the 13th century the Egyptian king Merneptah (Mineptah) records a successful campaign in Palestine, and alludes to the defeat of Canaan, Ascalon, Gezer, Yenuam (in Lebanon) and (the people or tribe) Israel.3 Bodies of aliens from the Levantine coast had previously threatened Egypt and Syria, and at the beginning of the 12th century they formed a coalition on land and sea which taxed all the resources of Rameses III.

  • When the Israelites entered Canaan, they would learn myths partly of Babylonian origin.

  • Arabia (whence the Israelites may have come) and in Canaan prior to the great extension of Babylonian influence.

  • Incidentally they prove, to the utter confusion of a certain school of Bible critics, that the art of writing was familiarly known in Canaan, and that Egypt and western Asia were in full literary connexion with one another, long before the time of the Exodus.

  • A curious account of war between Egypt and Canaan after Joseph's death recurs in Jub.

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