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Canaanite, the

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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Used to designate Simon Zelotes, one of the twelve apostles; this name Κανανίτης, Canaanite, is not the same as that of an inhabitant of Canaan, which in the LXX is Καναναῖος. That respecting Simon occurs in Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:18; by the other two Evangelists he is styled 'Zelotes,' and Κανανίτης (in some copies Καναναῖος) is held to be from the Aramaic qana , 'to be zealous:' cf. Numbers 25:11,13 .

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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Canaanite, the'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​mbd/​c/canaanite-the.html. 1897.
 
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