Strong’s G2581 · Greek
Κανανίτης
Kananítēs · kan-an-ee'-tace
Origin of Chaldee origin (compare קַנָּא (H7067));
Meaning zealous; Cananites, an epithet
In the King James Version Canaanite (by mistake for a derivative from Χαναάν (G5477)).
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 10:4Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
- Mark 3:18And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.