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Lexicon :: Strong's H3669 - kᵊnaʿănî

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כְּנַעֲנִי
Transliteration
kᵊnaʿănî
Pronunciation
ken-ah-an-ee'
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Part of Speech
adjective, noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1002a,1002b

Strong’s Definitions

כְּנַעַנִי Kᵉnaʻanîy, ken-ah-an-ee'; 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):—Canaanite, merchant, trafficker.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x

The KJV translates Strong's H3669 in the following manner: Canaanite (67x), merchant (2x), Canaan (1x), Canaanitess (1x), Canaanitish woman (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x
The KJV translates Strong's H3669 in the following manner: Canaanite (67x), merchant (2x), Canaan (1x), Canaanitess (1x), Canaanitish woman (2x).

  1. Canaanite = see Cana "zealous"

    adjective

    1. descendant of inhabitant of Canaan

      noun

    2. descendant or inhabitant of Canaan

    3. a merchant, trader

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כְּנַעַנִי Kᵉnaʻanîy, ken-ah-an-ee'; 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):—Canaanite, merchant, trafficker.
STRONGS H3669: Abbreviations
† I. כְּנַעֲנִי adjective and name, of a people of I. כְּנַעַן; — usually masculine singular (הַ)כְּנַעֲנִי Genesis 38:2; Numbers 21:1 +; feminine singular הַכְּנַעֲנִית Genesis 46:10 = Exodus 6:15; 1 Chronicles 2:3 masculine plural (הַ)כְּנַעֲנִים Obadiah 20; Nehemiah 9:24; —
1. adjective אִישׁ כ׳ Genesis 38:2 (J).
2. with article as substantive,
a. of individual, מֶלֶךְעֲֿרָדהַכּ׳ Numbers 21:1 (J) and hence Numbers 33:40 (P or R); feminine הַכְּנַעֲנִיתּ Genesis 46:10 = Exodus 6:15 (P) בַּתשֿׁוּעַ הַכְּנַעֲנִית 1 Chronicles 2:3.
b. usually collective (with article) of pre-Israel inhabitants of כְּנַעַן (which see) Genesis 12:6; Genesis 24:3, 37; Genesis 50:11 (all J), Numbers 21:3 (J), Joshua 13:3 (D), Judges 1:1, 3, 9, 10, 17, many of whom continued to live in the midst of Israel, Judges 1:27; Judges 1:28; Judges 1:29; Judges 1:29; Judges 1:30; Judges 1:32; Judges 1:33; Joshua 16:10 (twice in verse); Joshua 17:12, 13, 16, 18 (all J E), 1 Kings 9:16; plural only Obadiah 20, and ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִים Nehemiah 9:24; כ׳הַכּ׳ מִשְׁפְּחוֹת Genesis 10:18, גְּבוּל הַכּ׳ Genesis 10:19 (both J), אֶרֶץ הַכּ׳ Exodus 13:11 (JE), Ezekiel 16:3; often of part of the inhabitants, וְכָל ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ הַכּ׳ Joshua 7:9 (JE), Deuteronomy 11:30; with other proper name, of a people, + הַפְּרִוִּי Genesis 13:7; Genesis 34:30 (both J), Judges 1:4, 5, + הָאֱמֹרִי Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 5:1; Joshua 13:4 (all D); + הַחִוִּי 2 Samuel 24:7; + עֲמָלֵקִ(י) Numbers 14:25, 43, 45; especially in the list of peoples dispossessed by Israel, Genesis 15:21; Exodus 3:8, 17; Exodus 13:5; Exodus 23:23, 28; Exodus 33:2; Exodus 34:11; Numbers 13:29 (הַכּ׳ dwelling by the sea and along Jordan [compare Deuteronomy 1:7; Deuteronomy 11:30; Joshua 5:1; Joshua 11:3; Joshua 13:4]; all these J E), Deuteronomy 7:1; Deuteronomy 20:17; Joshua 3:10; Joshua 9:1; Joshua 11:3; Joshua 12:8; Joshua 24:11 (all J E D), Judges 3:3, 5; hence Ezra 9:1; Nehemiah 9:8. compare DrDt. p. 11, 13 f., 97, 133.

II. כְּנַעֲנִי noun masculine trader, merchant (compare II. כְּנַעַן); only singular (but see below): — עוֺד וְלֹא יִהְיֶה כ׳ בְּבֵית י׳ Zechariah 14:21 (probably); לַכּ׳ נָֽתְנָה וַחֲגוֺר Proverbs 31:24 (|| סָדִין עָֽשְׂתָה וַתִּמְכֹּר). **plural suffix כִּנְעָנֶיהָ (si vera lectio) Isaiah 23:8 (|| סֹחֲרֶיהָ). In Zechariah 11:7, 11 read perhaps (לִ)כְנַעֲנִיֵּי for (לָ)כֵן עֲנִיֵּי, Greek Version of the LXX Χαναναῖοι, Χαναανῖτιν, StaZAW, 1881. 26 (who compare as to sense Hosea 12:8), compare Klo We Marti.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:18; 10:19; 12:6; 13:7; 15:21; 24:3; 24:37; 34:30; 38:2; 38:2; 46:10; 46:10; 50:11

Exodus

3:8; 3:17; 6:15; 6:15; 13:5; 13:11; 23:23; 23:28; 33:2; 34:11

Numbers

13:29; 14:25; 14:43; 14:45; 21:1; 21:1; 21:3; 33:40

Deuteronomy

1:7; 1:7; 7:1; 11:30; 11:30; 20:17

Joshua

3:10; 5:1; 5:1; 7:9; 9:1; 11:3; 11:3; 12:8; 13:3; 13:4; 13:4; 16:10; 17:12; 17:13; 17:16; 17:18; 24:11

Judges

1:1; 1:3; 1:4; 1:5; 1:9; 1:10; 1:17; 1:27; 1:28; 1:29; 1:29; 1:30; 1:32; 1:33; 3:3; 3:5

2 Samuel

24:7

1 Kings

9:16

1 Chronicles

2:3; 2:3

Ezra

9:1

Nehemiah

9:8; 9:24; 9:24

Proverbs

31:24

Isaiah

23:8

Ezekiel

16:3

Hosea

12:8

Obadiah

1:20; 1:20

Zechariah

11:7; 11:11; 14:21

H3669

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Strong's Number H3669 matches the Hebrew כְּנַעֲנִי (kᵊnaʿănî),
which occurs 73 times in 71 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 10:18–Jdg 1:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:18 - Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. The Canaanite clans eventually spread out,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:19 - and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:21 - Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:3 - Swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:37 - And my master made me take an oath. He said, ‘Do not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - Afterward Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have ruined me! You’ve made me stink among all the people of this land—among all the Canaanites and Perizzites. We are so few that they will join forces and crush us. I will be ruined, and my entire household will be wiped out!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:2 - There he saw a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua, and he married her. When he slept with her,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:10 - The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul. (Shaul’s mother was a Canaanite woman.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11 - The local residents, the Canaanites, watched them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad. Then they renamed that place (which is near the Jordan) Abel-mizraim,[fn] for they said, “This is a place of deep mourning for these Egyptians.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:17 - I have promised to rescue you from your oppression in Egypt. I will lead you to a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:15 - The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul. (Shaul’s mother was a Canaanite woman.) Their descendants became the clans of Simeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - You must celebrate this event in this month each year after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. (He swore to your ancestors that he would give you this land—a land flowing with milk and honey.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:11 - “This is what you must do when the LORD fulfills the promise he swore to you and to your ancestors. When he gives you the land where the Canaanites now live,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:23 - For my angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, so you may live there. And I will destroy them completely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:28 - I will send terror[fn] ahead of you to drive out the Hivites, Canaanites, and Hittites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:2 - And I will send an angel before you to drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:11 - But listen carefully to everything I command you today. Then I will go ahead of you and drive out the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:29 - The Amalekites live in the Negev, and the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country. The Canaanites live along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea[fn] and along the Jordan Valley.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:25 - Now turn around, and don’t go on toward the land where the Amalekites and Canaanites live. Tomorrow you must set out for the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:43 - When you face the Amalekites and Canaanites in battle, you will be slaughtered. The LORD will abandon you because you have abandoned the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:45 - Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in those hills came down and attacked them and chased them back as far as Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1 - The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that the Israelites were approaching on the road through Atharim. So he attacked the Israelites and took some of them as prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:3 - The LORD heard the Israelites’ request and gave them victory over the Canaanites. The Israelites completely destroyed them and their towns, and the place has been called Hormah[fn] ever since.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:40 - At that time the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the people of Israel were approaching his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - It is time to break camp and move on. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the neighboring regions—the Jordan Valley, the hill country, the western foothills,[fn] the Negev, and the coastal plain. Go to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, and all the way to the great Euphrates River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:1 - “When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are about to enter and occupy, he will clear away many nations ahead of you: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. These seven nations are greater and more numerous than you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - (These two mountains are west of the Jordan River in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Jordan Valley,[fn] near the town of Gilgal, not far from the oaks of Moreh.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:17 - You must completely destroy[fn] the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, just as the LORD your God has commanded you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:10 - Today you will know that the living God is among you. He will surely drive out the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites ahead of you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:1 - When all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings who lived along the Mediterranean coast[fn] heard how the LORD had dried up the Jordan River so the people of Israel could cross, they lost heart and were paralyzed with fear because of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:9 - For when the Canaanites and all the other people living in the land hear about it, they will surround us and wipe our name off the face of the earth. And then what will happen to the honor of your great name?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1 - Now all the kings west of the Jordan River heard about what had happened. These were the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who lived in the hill country, in the western foothills,[fn] and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea[fn] as far north as the Lebanon mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:3 - the kings of Canaan, both east and west; the kings of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites in the towns on the slopes of Mount Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:8 - including the hill country, the western foothills,[fn] the Jordan Valley, the mountain slopes, the Judean wilderness, and the Negev. The people who lived in this region were the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.) These are the kings Israel defeated:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:3 - and the larger territory of the Canaanites, extending from the stream of Shihor on the border of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron. It includes the territory of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. The land of the Avvites

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:4 - in the south also remains to be conquered. In the north, the following area has not yet been conquered: all the land of the Canaanites, including Mearah (which belongs to the Sidonians), stretching northward to Aphek on the border of the Amorites;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:10 - They did not drive the Canaanites out of Gezer, however, so the people of Gezer live as slaves among the people of Ephraim to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:12 - But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these towns. They could not drive out the Canaanites who continued to live there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:13 - Later, however, when the Israelites became strong enough, they forced the Canaanites to work as slaves. But they did not drive them out of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:16 - The descendants of Joseph responded, “It’s true that the hill country is not large enough for us. But all the Canaanites in the lowlands have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shan and its surrounding settlements and those in the valley of Jezreel. They are too strong for us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 - The forests of the hill country will be yours as well. Clear as much of the land as you wish, and take possession of its farthest corners. And you will drive out the Canaanites from the valleys, too, even though they are strong and have iron chariots.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:11 - “When you crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho, the men of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I gave you victory over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1 - After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the LORD, “Which tribe should go first to attack the Canaanites?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3 - The men of Judah said to their relatives from the tribe of Simeon, “Join with us to fight against the Canaanites living in the territory allotted to us. Then we will help you conquer your territory.” So the men of Simeon went with Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:4 - When the men of Judah attacked, the LORD gave them victory over the Canaanites and Perizzites, and they killed 10,000 enemy warriors at the town of Bezek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:5 - While at Bezek they encountered King Adoni-bezek and fought against him, and the Canaanites and Perizzites were defeated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9 - Then they went down to fight the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the western foothills.[fn]

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