Lexicon :: Strong's H3667 - kᵊnaʿan

כְּנַעַן

Transliteration

kᵊnaʿan

Pronunciation

ken-ah'-an

Part of Speech

masculine noun, proper locative noun, proper masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From כָּנַע (H3665)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1002,1002b

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

כְּנַעַן Kᵉnaʻan, ken-ah'-an; from H3665; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him:—Canaan, merchant, traffick.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 94x

The KJV translates Strong's H3667 in the following manner: Canaan (89x), merchant (3x), traffick (1x), traffickers (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 94x

The KJV translates Strong's H3667 in the following manner: Canaan (89x), merchant (3x), traffick (1x), traffickers (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

Canaan = "lowland"
proper masculine noun
1. the 4th son of Ham and the progenitor of the Phoenicians and of the various nations who peopled the seacoast of Palestine
  proper locative noun
2. the land west of the Jordan peopled by the descendants of Canaan and subsequently conquered by the Israelites under Joshua
  masculine noun
3. merchant, trader

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

כְּנַעַן Kᵉnaʻan, ken-ah'-an; from H3665; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him:—Canaan, merchant, traffick.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H3667: Abbreviations

I. כְּנַ֫עַן ₉₀ proper name, masculine and of a territory Canaan ( Χανααν, Phoenician כנען = Phoenicia; Χνα = כנע, Hecataeus, see Müller^{Fr. Hist. Gr. i,17} and others; Egyptian Ka-n-‘-na WMM^{As.u. Europa, 205 ff.}; Tel Amarna Kinaḫna, Kinaḫḫi, etc., Bezold^{BM Tablets, 150} Wkl^{TA 39}; etymology dubious GFM^{PAOS Oct. 1890. lxvii ff.}; see also GASm^{Geogr. 4 f.} Buhl^{Geogr. § 42}); —

†1. as proper name, masculine, son of Ham Genesis 9:18, 22, 25, 27; Genesis 10:15 (as ancestor of Canaanites and Phoenicians; all J); Genesis 10:6 (P); 1 Chronicles 1:8, 13 (from Genesis 10:6, 15).

a. land, west of Jordan, into which Hebrews came, and where they settled, subduing the inhabitants; מַלְכֵי כְּנַעַן Judges 5:19, מלך כ׳ Judges 4:2, 23, 24 (twice in verse); hence מַמְלְכוֺת כ׳ Psalm 135:11; ישְׁבֵי כ׳ Exodus 15:15 (song in E); compare מִלְחֲמוֺת כ׳ Judges 3:1; עֲצַבֵּי כ׳ Psalm 106:38 idols of Canaan, i.e. of the former inhabitants; especially אֶרֶץ (ֿ) כ׳, אַרְצָה כ׳ Genesis 44:8; Genesis 46:31; Genesis 47:1, 4, 13, 14, 15; Genesis 50:5, 13 (all J), Genesis 35:6; Genesis 42:5, 7, 13, 29, 32; Genesis 45:17, 25; Joshua 24:3 (all E), Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:5 (twice in verse); Genesis 13:12 (opposed to עָרֵי הַכִּכָּר Genesis 13:12b), Genesis 16:3; Genesis 17:8 (all P) + 40 times P, Judges 21:12; 1 Chronicles 16:18 = Psalm 105:11; also הָאָרֶץ כ׳ Numbers 34:2 (P); בְּנוֺת כ׳ Genesis 28:1 daughters of Canaan = women of the land, so Genesis 28:6; Genesis 28:8; Genesis 36:2 (all P); כנען is personified Hosea 12:8 = apostate Israel; שְׂפַת כ׳ Isaiah 19:18 = the Hebrew language (without evil implication).

b. the coast, especially Phoenicia Isaiah 23:11; compare פְּלִשְׁתִּים אֶרֶץ כ׳ Zephaniah 2:5.

† II. כְּנָ֫עַן noun [masculine] merchant(s) (because Canaanites, especially Phoenicians, were traders); — כָּלעַֿם כְּנַעַן Zephaniah 1:11; אֶרֶץ כ׳ Ezekiel 16:29 (omitted by B and others Co), Ezekiel 17:4 a land of merchants; compare כנעני near the end.

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