Lexical 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. |