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Strong's #3669 - כְּנַעֲנִי
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- Canaanite = see Cana "zealous"
- adj
- descendant of inhabitant of Canaan
- n
- descendant or inhabitant of Canaan
- a merchant, trader
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name, of a people of I. כְּנַעַן; — usually masculine singular (הַ)כְּנַעֲנִי Genesis 38:2; Numbers 21:1 +; feminine singular הַכְּנַעֲנִית Genesis 46:10 = Exodus 6:15; 1 Chronicles 2:3 masculine plural (הַ)כְּנַעֲנִים Obadiah 20; Nehemiah 9:24; — 1. adjective׳אִישׁ כ Genesis 38:2 (J). 2 with article as
substantive, a. of individual, ׳מֶלֶךְעֲֿרָדהַכּ Numbers 21:1 (J) and hence Numbers 33:40 (P or R); feminine הַכְּנַעֲנִיתּ Genesis 46:10 = Exodus 6:15 (P) בַּתשֿׁוּעַ הַכְּנַעֲנִית 1 Chronicles 2:3.
b. usually collective (with article) of pre-Israel in-habitants of כְּנַעַן (q. v.) Genesis 12:6; Genesis 24:3,37; Genesis 50:11 (all J), Numbers 21:3 (J), Joshua 13:3 (D), Judges 1:1,3,9,10,17, many of whom continued to live in the midst of Israel, Judges 1:27; Judges 1:28; Judges 1:29; Judges 1:29; Judges 1:30; Judges 1:32; Judges 1:33; Joshua 16:10 (twice in verse); Joshua 17:12,13,16,18 (all J E), 1 Kings 9:16; plural only Obadiah 20, and ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִים Nehemiah 9:24; ׳מִשְׁמְּחוֺת הַכּ Genesis 10:18, ׳גְּבוּל הַכּ Genesis 10:19 (both J), ׳אֶרֶץ הַכּ Exodus 13:11 (JE), Ezekiel 16:3; often of part of the inhabitants, וְכָל ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ׳הַכּ Joshua 7:9 (JE), Deuteronomy 11:30; with other proper name, of a people, + הַמְּרִזִּי Genesis 13:7; Genesis 34:30 (both J), Judges 1:4,5, + הָאֱמֹרִי Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 5:1; Joshua 13:4 (all D); + הַחִוִּי 2 Samuel 24:7; + עֲמָלֵקִ (יׅ Numbers 14:25,43,45; especially in the list of peoples dispossessed by Israel, Genesis 15:21; Exodus 3:8,17; Exodus 13:5; Exodus 23:23,28; Exodus 33:2; Exodus 34:11; Numbers 13:29 (׳הַכּ dwelling by the sea and along Jordan [compare Deuteronomy 1:7; Deuteronomy 11:30; Joshua 5:1; Joshua 11:3; Joshua 13:4]; all these J E), Deuteronomy 7:1; Deuteronomy 20:17; Joshua 3:10; Joshua 9:1; Joshua 11:3; Joshua 12:8; Joshua 24:11 (all J E D), Judges 3:3,5; hence Ezra 9:1; Nehemiah 9:8. compare Dr Dt. p. 11,13f., 97,133.
II. כְּנַעֲנִי noun masculine trader, merchant (compare II. כְּנַעַן); only singular (but see below): — עוֺד׳וְלֹא יִהְיֶה כ׳בְּבֵית י Zechariah 14:21 (probably); ׳וַחֲגוֺר נָָֽתְנָה לַכּ Proverbs 31:24 ("" סָדִין עָֽשְׂתָה וַתִּמְכֹּר). ** plural suffix כִּנְעָנֶיהָ (si vera lectio) Isaiah 23:8 ("" סֹחֲרֶיהָ). In Zechariah 11:7,11read perhaps (לִ)כְנַעֲנִיֵּי for (לָ)כֵן עֲנִיֵּי, ᵐ5 Ξαναναῖοι, Ξαναανῖτιν, Sta ZAW, 1881. 26 (who compare as to sense Hosea 12:8), compare Klo We Marti.
כְּנַעֲנִי f. כְּנַעֲנִית 1 Chronicles 2:3, pl. כְּנַעֲנִים Gent. noun.
(1) a Canaanite, the Canaanites, Genesis 24:3; Judges 1:1, seq.; for the particular tribes composing this nation see -Gen. 10:1519. Specially this was the name applied to the inhabitants of the lower region (see כְּנַעַן No. 2 ), on the sea shore, and the banks of Jordan; opposed to the inhabitants of the mountainous region (אֱמֹרִי which see), (Numbers 13:30; Joshua 11:3); Genesis 13:7, 15:20 Exodus 3:8, 17 33:2 34:11, etc. From the Canaanites having been famous as merchants
(2) Canaanite is applied to any merchant, Job 40:30 Proverbs 31:24 just as כַּשְׂדִּי Chaldæan, is applied to an astrologer.