Ca"naan*ite (?), n.
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.
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Ca"naan*ite, n. [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.
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