canaanite |
canaanite | (n) a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites |
canaanite | (n) the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied Canaan before the Israelite conquest |
Canaanite | n. |
Canaanite | n. [ From an Aramaic word signifying “zeal.” ] A zealot. “Simon the Canaanite.” Matt. x. 4. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ This was the “Simon called Zelotes” (Luke vi. 15), |