Ca·naan·ite /ˈkenəˌnaɪt/
迦南人
Ca·naan·ite, n. A zealot. “Simon the Canaanite.”
Note: ☞ This was the “Simon called Zelotes” (--Luke vi. 15), i.e., Simon the zealot.
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Ca·naan·ite n.
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.
Canaanite
n 1: a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan
before it was conquered by the Israelites
2: the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied
Canaan before the Israelite conquest
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.)