[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

canaanite \ca"naanite\, 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 from egypt.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

canaanite \ca"naanite\, 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

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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

[4] : 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.
   
see also:
simon 

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