Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before it was conquered by the Israelites;
2.
the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied Canaan before the Israelite conquest;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Canaanite \Ca"naan*ite\, n.
1. A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of
Noah.
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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 from Egypt.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Canaanite \Ca"naan*ite\, n. [From an Aramaic word signifying
"zeal."]
A zealot. "Simon the Canaanite." --Matt. x. 4.
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Note: This was the "Simon called Zelotes" (--Luke vi. 15),
i.e., Simon the zealot. --Kitto.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Canaanite
n 1: a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan
before it was conquered by the Israelites
2: the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied
Canaan before the Israelite conquest
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Canaanite
a name given to the apostle Simon (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18). The
word here does not, however, mean a descendant of Canaan, but is
a translation, or rather almost a transliteration, of the Syriac
word Kanenyeh (R.V. rendered "Cananaen"), which designates the
Jewish sect of the Zealots. Hence he is called elsewhere (Luke
6:15) "Simon Zelotes;" i.e., Simon of the sect of the Zealots.
(See SIMON.)