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HebrewH3667Noun

כְּנַ֫עַן

ke.na.an

90Occurrences
H3667Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him

from H3665 (כָּנַע); humiliated;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Canaan = "lowland" the land west of the Jordan peopled by the descendants of Canaan and subsequently conquered by the Israelites under Joshua

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

כְּנַ֫עַן appears 90 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
45
Numbers
11
Joshua
8
Judges
6
1 Chronicles
3
Exodus
3
Isaiah
3
Leviticus
3

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:8BSB

The sons of Ham:Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Genesis 28:1BSB

So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.

Genesis 46:6BSB

They also took the livestock and possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.

Isaiah 19:18BSB

In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.

Leviticus 18:3BSB

You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.