Lexicon Kananaios: Cananaean, Aramaic for Zealot, surname of one of the twelve apostles Original Word: Κανανίτης, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Kananaios Phonetic Spelling: (kan-an-ee'-tace) Short Definition: a Canaanite Definition: a Canaanite. HELPS word-Studies 2581 Kananítēs – properly, a Canaanite (a Canaanean); used of one of the twelve apostles because he was an adherent of the Zealots – "Simon the Canaanite (Mt 10: 4; Mk 3:18). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Aramaic origin DefinitionCananaean, Aramaic for Zealot, surname of one of the twelve apostles NASB TranslationZealot (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2581: ΚανανίτηςΚανανίτης, Κανανιτου, ὁ (from Chaldean קַנְאָן, Hebrew קָנָא), equivalent to ὁ ζηλωτής (according to the interpr. of Luke in , Acts 1:13), which see, the Zealot, a surname of the apostle Simon R G (the latter with a small kappa κ') in Matthew 10:4 and Mark 3:18.
Strong's Canaanite. Of Chaldee origin (compare qanna'); zealous; Cananites, an epithet -- Canaanite (by mistake for a derivative from Chanaan). see GREEK Chanaan see HEBREW qanna' |
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