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Pronunciation : Ca"naan*ite
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah.

2. A Native or inbabitant 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ca"naan*ite
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [From an Aramaic word signifying "zeal."]
Definition : Defn: A zealot. "Simon the Canaanite." Matt. x. 4.

Note: This was the "Simon called Zelotes" (Luke vi. 15), i.e., Simon the zealot. Kitto.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913