Canaanite Definition

kānə-nīt
noun
A member of the people originally inhabiting Canaan.
Webster's New World
A group of ancient Semitic languages including Phoenician, Punic, and Hebrew.
Webster's New World
The Semitic language of this people.
Webster's New World

(by extension) A zealot or fanatic.

Wiktionary

A member of the Canaanism movement.

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pronoun

An ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before its conquest by Israelites.

Wiktionary

A subfamily of the Semitic languages, which were spoken by the ancient peoples of the Canaan region, including Canaanites, Israelites, Phoenicians, and Philistines.

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adjective
Of or relating to ancient Canaan or its people, language, or culture.
American Heritage

Of or pertaining to this sect or its followers; Canaanitic.

Wiktionary

(by extension) Zealous or fanatical.

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Other Word Forms of Canaanite

Noun

Singular:
Canaanite
Plural:
canaanites

Origin of Canaanite

  • From Canaan +‎ -ite.

    From Wiktionary

Canaanite Sentence Examples

  • His power was asserted in and from Canaanite soil.

  • Ilani here simply corresponds to the Canaanite Elohim.

  • For it involved a transition from the simple nomadic relations to those of the agricultural and more highly civilized Canaanite life.

  • The last and most characteristic festival of Canaanite life was that of Asiph or " ingathering " which after the Deuteronomic reformation (621 B.C.) had made a single sanctuary and therefore a considerable journey with a longer stay necessary, came to be called Succoth or booths.

  • Now when the Hebrews succeeded to these agricultural conditions and acquired possession of the Canaanite abodes, they naturally fell into the same cycle of religious ideas and tradition.

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Words Starting With

CCACAN

Words Ending With

ETEITE

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Words Starting With C and Ending With E

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