Canaanite — may refer to:* Canaan and Canaanite people , a historical/Biblical region and people in the area of the present day Gaza Strip, Israel, West Bank, and Lebanon. * Canaanite languages* Canaanite religion* Canaanites (movement), an early Israeli non … Wikipedia
Canaanite — Ca naan*ite, n. [From an Aramaic word signifying zeal. ] A zealot. Simon the Canaanite. Matt. x. 4. [1913 Webster] Note: This was the Simon called Zelotes ( Luke vi. 15), i.e., Simon the zealot. Kitto. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Canaanite — Ca naan*ite, n. 1. A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah. [1913 Webster] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Canaanite — [kā′nənīt΄] n. 1. a member of the people originally inhabiting Canaan 2. the Semitic language of this people 3. a group of ancient Semitic languages including Phoenician, Punic, and Hebrew Canaanitish [kā′nənīt′ish] adj. Canaanitic [kān′nənit′ik] … English World dictionary
Canaanite — noun Etymology: Greek Kananitēs, from Kanaan Canaan, from Hebrew Kĕna‘an Date: 1535 a member of a Semitic people inhabiting ancient Palestine and Phoenicia from about 3000 B.C. • Canaanite adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Canaanite — adj. of or pertaining to Canaan; of or pertaining to Canaanites; of or pertaining to the Canaanite languages … English contemporary dictionary
Canaanite religion — is the name for the group of Ancient Semitic religions observed by the Canaanites living in the ancient Levant from at least the early Bronze Age through the first centuries of the Common Era. It is often thought of as a pagan religion because it … Wikipedia
Canaanite shift — In historical linguistics, the Canaanite shift is a sound change that took place in the Canaanite dialects, which belong to the Northwest Semitic branch of the Semitic languages family. This sound change caused Proto NW Semitic *ā (long a) to… … Wikipedia
Canaanite languages — Infobox Language family name=Cana ani region=Levant familycolor=Afro Asiatic fam2=Semitic fam3=West Semitic fam4=Central Semitic fam5=Northwest Semitic child1=Phoenician child2=Ammonite child3=Moabite child4=Edomite child5=Hebrew ( living )… … Wikipedia
Canaanite inscriptions — a group of 11 inscriptions recovered from bowls and other utensils found in several archaeological sites in Palestine dating from approximately the 16th to 13th century BC. Because they have not as yet been satisfactorily deciphered, it is… … Universalium
