Word Summary
Chananaios: Canaanite, a Gentile of Pal
Original Word: ΧαναναῖοςTransliteration: Chananaios
Phonetic Spelling: (khan-ah-an-ah'-yos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: Canaanite, a Gentile of Pal
Meaning: Canaanite -- a Gentile of Palestine
Strong's Concordance
of Canaan.
From Chanaan; a Chanaanoean (i.e. Kenaanite), or native of gentile Palestine -- of Canaan.
see GREEK Chanaan
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5478: ΧαναναῖοςΧαναναῖος,
Χαναναία,
Χαναναῖον, Hebrew
כֲּנַעֲנִי,
Canaanite; the name of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine before its conquest by the Israelites; in Christ's time equivalent to
Phoenician (
R. V. Canaanitish):
Matthew 15:22.