Biblical Persons & Places
Canaan
Man living at the time of the Patriarchs
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.9.18;
only referred to as Canaan (כְּנַ֫עַן);
son of Ham;
a brother of Cush, Egypt and Put;
father of Sidon, Heth, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.
Canaan
Canaan
A location first mentioned at Gen.10.18;
referred to as Canaan or Canaanite (כְּנַ֫עַן), or Canaanite (כְּנַעֲנִי), or "trading" (KJV= Canaan, NIV= "merchants") (כְּנַ֫עַן), or Canaan (KJV= Chanaan) or Canaan (KJV= Chanaan) (Χαναάν), or Canaanite (Χανααναῖος).
Strong's Definition
Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
Derivation: from H3665 (כָּנַע); humiliated;
KJV Usage: Canaan, merchant, traffick.
TWOT Reference: 1002,b
Outline of Biblical Usage
Canaan = "lowland"
n pr m
1) the 4th son of Ham and the progenitor of the Phoenicians and of the various nations who peopled the seacoast of Palestine
n pr loc
2) the land west of the Jordan peopled by the descendants of Canaan and subsequently conquered by the Israelites under Joshua
n m
3) merchant, trader
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כְּנַעַן
kena‛an
BDB Definition:
Canaan = lowland
1) the 4th son of Ham and the progenitor of the Phoenicians and of the various nations who peopled the seacoast of Palestine (noun proper masculine)
2) the land west of the Jordan peopled by the descendants of Canaan and subsequently conquered by the Israelites under Joshua (noun proper locative)
3) merchant, trader (noun masculine)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H3665
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1002, 1002b
Total KJV Occurrences: 94