כְּנַעֲנִי

ke.na.a.niCanaanite
hebrewOld TestamentName of a people group73 occurrences16 books71 verses
This word comes from the names of Canaanite woman and Canaan.

Definition

patrial from H3667; a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)
Traditional renderings: Canaanite, merchant, trafficker.

Glossary entries

Canaan, Canaanite Chanaan

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

73 total
  1. Judges 1:9בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑י · against the Canaanites
    Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.
  2. Judges 1:10הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ · the Canaanites
    Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
  3. Judges 1:17הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י · the Canaanites
    Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.
  4. Judges 1:27הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י · for the Canaanites
    At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
  5. Judges 1:28הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י · the Canaanites
    When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
  6. Judges 1:29 (2×)הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י · the Canaanites; הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛י · so the Canaanites
    Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
  7. Judges 1:30הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ · so the Canaanites
    Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.
  8. Judges 1:32הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י · the Canaanite
    So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.
  9. Judges 1:33הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י · the Canaanite
    Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.
  10. Judges 3:3הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ · the Canaanites
    …the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
  11. Judges 3:5הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑י · the Canaanites
    Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  12. 2 Samuel 24:7וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑י · and Canaanites
    They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.
  13. 1 Kings 9:16הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛י · the Canaanites
    Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
  14. 1 Chronicles 2:3הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑ית · the Canaanite
    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.
  15. Ezra 9:1לַכְּנַעֲנִ֨י · are like those of the Canaanites
    After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
  16. Nehemiah 9:8הַכְּנַעֲנִ֨י · of the Canaanites
    You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
  17. Nehemiah 9:24הַכְּנַ֣עֲנִ֔ים · the Canaanites
    So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.
  18. Job 41:6כְּֽנַעֲנִֽים׃ · the merchants
    Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?
  19. Proverbs 31:24לַֽכְּנַעֲנִֽי׃ · to the merchants
    She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.
  20. Ezekiel 16:3הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑י · of the Canaanites
    …and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
  21. Obadiah 1:20כְּנַעֲנִים֙ · [will possess the land] of the Canaanites
    And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.
  22. Zechariah 14:21כְנַעֲנִ֥י · a Canaanite
    Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts.