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noun
1.
a member of a Semitic people that inhabited parts of ancient Palestine and were conquered by the Israelites and largely absorbed by them.
2.
a group of Semitic languages, including hebrew and Phoenician, spoken chiefly in ancient Palestine and Syria.
adjective
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of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Canaan, the Canaanites, or the Canaanite group of languages.
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Canaanite
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noun
1.
the original name of the apostle Peter. Compare Peter.
2.
Simon the Zealot, one of the twelve apostles. Matt. 10:4.
3.
the Canaanite, one of the twelve apostles. Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15.
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a relative, perhaps a brother, of Jesus: sometimes identified with Simon the Canaanite. Matt. 13:55; Mark 6:3.
5.
EXPAND(“Simon Magus”) the Samaritan sorcerer who was converted by the apostle Philip. Acts 8:9–24.
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(“Simon Magus”) fl. 2nd century a.d. ?, founder of a Gnostic sect and reputed prototype of the Faust legend: often identified with the Biblical Simon Magus.
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Herbert Alexander, 1916–2001, U.S. social scientist and economist: Nobel prize 1978.
10.
Neil, born 1927, U.S. playwright.
11.
COLLAPSEPaul, born 1942, U.S. singer and songwriter.
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Word Origin & History
Simon
masc. proper name, from L., from Gk. Symeon, from Heb. Shim'on, lit. "hearkening, hearing," from shama "he heard." In Eng. O.T., usually printed as Simeon, but in N.T. almost always as Simon. Confused with Gk. masc. proper name Simon, which is from simos "snub-nosed."
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Bible Dictionary
Canaanite definition
a name given to the apostle Simon (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18). The word here does not, however, mean a descendant of Canaan, but is a translation, or rather almost a transliteration, of the Syriac word Kanenyeh (R.V. rendered "Cananaen"), which designates the Jewish sect of the Zealots. Hence he is called elsewhere (Luke 6:15) "Simon Zelotes;" i.e., Simon of the sect of the Zealots. (See SIMON.)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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