The meaning of “כְּנַעַנִי”
Understanding Kᵉnaʻanîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
patrial from כְּנַעַן Canaanite, merchant, trafficker. - § Canaanite = see Cana "zealous" - a Kenaanite or inhabitant of...
כְּנַעַנִי
patrial from כְּנַעַן Canaanite, merchant, trafficker. - § Canaanite = see Cana "zealous" - a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan - by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans) adj 1) descendant of inhabitant of Canaan n 2) descendant or inhabitant of Canaan 3) a merchant, trader
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 24:3 | “And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:” Word: כְּנַעַנִי (Kᵉnaʻanîy) | |
| Deuteronomy 11:30 | “Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?” Word: כְּנַעַנִי (Kᵉnaʻanîy) | |
| 2 Samuel 24:7 | “And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer–sheba.” Word: כְּנַעַנִי (Kᵉnaʻanîy) | |
| Ezra 9:1 | “Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.” Word: כְּנַעַנִי (Kᵉnaʻanîy) | |
| Proverbs 31:24 | “She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.” Word: כְּנַעַנִי (Kᵉnaʻanîy) |