2581. Kananaios

Lexicon

Kananaios: Cananaean, Zealot

Original Word: Κανανίτης
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: Kananaios
Pronunciation: kah-nah-NAH-yos
Phonetic Spelling: (kan-an-ee'-tace)
KJV: Canaanite (by mistake for a derivative from G5477)
NASB: Zealot
Word Origin: [of Chaldee origin]

1. zealous
2. Cananites, an epithet

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Canaanite.

Of Chaldee origin (compare qanna'); zealous; Cananites, an epithet -- Canaanite (by mistake for a derivative from Chanaan).

see GREEK Chanaan

see HEBREW qanna'

HELPS Word-studies

2581 Kananítēs – properly, a Canaanite (a Canaanean); used of one of the twelve apostles because he was an adherent of the Zealots – "Simon the Canaanite (Mt 10: 4; Mk 3:18).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of Aramaic origin
Definition
Cananaean, Aramaic for Zealot, surname of one of the twelve apostles
NASB Translation
Zealot (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2581: Κανανίτης

Κανανίτης, Κανανιτου, ὁ (from Chaldean קַנְאָן, Hebrew קָנָא), equivalent to ὁ ζηλωτής (according to the interpr. of Luke in , Acts 1:13), which see, the Zealot, a surname of the apostle Simon R G (the latter with a small kappa κ') in Matthew 10:4 and Mark 3:18.

Forms and Transliterations

Καναναιον Καναναῖον Καναναιος Καναναῖος Kananaion Kananaîon Kananaios Kananaîos

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 10:4 N-NMS
GRK: Σίμων ὁ Καναναῖος καὶ Ἰούδας
NAS: Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot,
KJV: Simon the Canaanite, and Judas
INT: Simon the Zealot and Judas

Mark 3:18 N-AMS
GRK: Σίμωνα τὸν Καναναῖον
NAS: and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot;
KJV: and Simon the Canaanite,
INT: Simon the Zealot

Strong's Greek 2581
2 Occurrences

Καναναῖον — 1 Occ.
Καναναῖος — 1 Occ.