[key-nuh-nahyt] 
| 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. |
| 3. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Canaan, the Canaanites, or the Canaanite group of languages. |
[sahy-muh
n; Fr. see-mawn for 7] | 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. |
| 4. | a relative, perhaps a brother, of Jesus: sometimes identified with Simon the Canaanite. Matt. 13:55; Mark 6:3. |
| 5. | (“Simon Magus”) the Samaritan sorcerer who was converted by the apostle Philip. Acts 8:9–24. |
| 6. | (“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. |
| 7. | Claude [klohd] , 1913–2005, French novelist, born in Madagascar: Nobel prize 1985. |
| 8. | Herbert Alexander, 1916–2001, U.S. social scientist and economist: Nobel prize 1978. |
| 9. | Sir John (Allse⋅brook) [awlz-brook] , 1873–1954, British statesman and lawyer. |
| 10. | Neil, born 1927, U.S. playwright. |
| 11. | Paul, born 1942, U.S. singer and songwriter. |
| 12. | a male given name, form of Simeon. |
| Ca·naan·ite (kā'nə-nīt') n.
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Canaanite
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.)
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