3667. Kna'an

Lexicon

Kna'an: Canaan

Original Word: כִּנַעַן
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine; proper name, masculine; noun masculine
Transliteration: Kna`an
Pronunciation: kuh-NAH-an
Phonetic Spelling: (ken-ah'-an)
KJV: Canaan, merchant, traffick
Word Origin: [from H3665 (כָּנַע - humbled)]

1. humiliated
2. Kenaan, a son a Ham
3. also the country inhabited by him

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Canaan, merchant, traffic

From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him -- Canaan, merchant, traffick.

see HEBREW kana'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. כְּנַ֫עַן₉₀ proper name, masculine and

of a territory Canaan (ᵐ5 Ξανααν, Phoenician כנען = Phoenicia; Ξνα = כנע, Hecataeus, see Müller^{Fr.Hist.Gr.i,17} and others; Egyptian Ka-n-±-na WMM^{As.u.Europa,205 ff.}; Tel Amarna Kina—na, Kina——i, etc., Bez^{BM Tablets, 150} Wkl^{TA 39}; etymology dubious GFM^{PAOS Oct. 1890. lxvii ff.}; see also GASm^{Geogr. 4 f.} Buhl^{Geogr. § 42}); — 1 as

proper name, masculine, son of Ham Genesis 9:18,22,25,27; Genesis 10:15 (as ancestor of Canaanites and Phoenicians; all J); Genesis 10:6 (P); 1 Chronicles 1:8,13 (from Genesis 10:6,15).

2. a. land, west of Jordan, into which Hebrews came, and where they settled, subduing the inhabitants; מַלְכֵי כְּנַעַן Judges 5:19, ׳מלך כ Judges 4:2,23,24 (twice in verse); hence ׳מַמְלְכוֺת כ Psalm 135:11; ׳ישְׁבֵי כ Exodus 15:15 (song in E); compare ׳מִלְחֲמוֺת כ Judges 3:1; ׳עֲצַבֵּי כ Psalm 106:38 idols of Canaan, i.e. of the former inhabitants; especially ׳אֶרֶץ (ֿ) כ, ׳אַרְצָה כ Genesis 44:8; Genesis 46:31; Genesis 47:1,4,13,14,15; Genesis 50:5,13 (all J), Genesis 35:6; Genesis 42:5,7,13,29,32; Genesis 45:17,25; Joshua 24:3 (all E), Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:5 (twice in verse); Genesis 13:12 (opposed to עָרֵי הַכִּכָּר v^b), Genesis 16:3; Genesis 17:8 (all P) + 40 t. P, Judges 21:12; 1 Chronicles 16:18 = Psalm 105:11; also ׳הָאָרֶץ כ Numbers 34:2 (P); ׳בְּנוֺת כ Genesis 28:1 daughters of Canaan = women of the land, so Genesis 28:6; Genesis 28:8; Genesis 36:2 (all P); כנען is personified Hosea 12:8 = apostate Israel; ׳שְׂפַת כ Isaiah 19:18 = the Hebrew language (without evil implication).

b. the coast, especially Phoenicia Isaiah 23:11; compare אֶרֶץ מְּלִשְׁתִּים ׳כ Zephaniah 2:5.

II. כְּנָ֫עַן noun [masculine] merchant (s) (because Canaanites, especially Phoenicians, were traders); — כָּלעַֿם כְּנַעַן Zephaniah 1:11; ׳אֶרֶץ כ Ezekiel 16:29 (omitted by ᵐ5 B and others Co), Ezekiel 17:4 a land of merchants; compare כנעני near the end.

Forms and Transliterations

וּכְנַ֗עַן וּכְנָֽעַן׃ וכנען וכנען׃ כְּנַ֔עַן כְּנַ֖עַן כְּנַ֗עַן כְּנַ֙עַן֙ כְּנַ֡עַן כְּנַעַן֒ כְּנָ֑עַן כְּנָ֔עַן כְּנָֽעַן׃ כְנַ֔עַן כְנַ֖עַן כְנָ֑עַן כְנָֽעַן׃ כנען כנען׃ cheNaan kə·na·‘an kə·nā·‘an ḵə·na·‘an ḵə·nā·‘an kəna‘an kənā‘an ḵəna‘an ḵənā‘an keNaan ū·ḵə·na·‘an ū·ḵə·nā·‘an ucheNaan ūḵəna‘an ūḵənā‘an

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 9:18
HEB: ה֖וּא אֲבִ֥י כְנָֽעַן׃
NAS: and Ham was the father of Canaan.
KJV: and Ham [is] the father of Canaan.
INT: he was the father of Canaan

Genesis 9:22
HEB: חָ֚ם אֲבִ֣י כְנַ֔עַן אֵ֖ת עֶרְוַ֣ת
NAS: the father of Canaan, saw
KJV: the father of Canaan, saw
INT: Ham the father of Canaan the nakedness of his father

Genesis 9:25
HEB: וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָר֣וּר כְּנָ֑עַן עֶ֥בֶד עֲבָדִ֖ים
NAS: Cursed be Canaan; A servant
KJV: Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant
INT: said Cursed be Canaan A servant of servants

Genesis 9:26
HEB: שֵׁ֑ם וִיהִ֥י כְנַ֖עַן עֶ֥בֶד לָֽמוֹ׃
NAS: of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.
KJV: of Shem; and Canaan shall be
INT: of Shem shall be Canaan be his servant at

Genesis 9:27
HEB: שֵׁ֑ם וִיהִ֥י כְנַ֖עַן עֶ֥בֶד לָֽמוֹ׃
NAS: of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.
KJV: of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
INT: of Shem become Canaan be his servant at

Genesis 10:6
HEB: וּמִצְרַ֖יִם וּפ֥וּט וּכְנָֽעַן׃
NAS: and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.
KJV: and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
INT: and Mizraim and Put and Canaan

Genesis 10:15
HEB: וּכְנַ֗עַן יָלַ֛ד אֶת־
NAS: Canaan became the father of Sidon,
KJV: And Canaan begat Sidon
INT: Canaan became of Sidon

Genesis 11:31
HEB: לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ אַ֣רְצָה כְּנַ֔עַן וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ עַד־
NAS: the land of Canaan; and they went
KJV: into the land of Canaan; and they came
INT: to enter the land of Canaan went far

Genesis 12:5
HEB: לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ אַ֣רְצָה כְּנַ֔עַן וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ אַ֥רְצָה
NAS: out for the land of Canaan; thus they came
KJV: into the land of Canaan; and into the land
INT: for the land of Canaan came to the land

Genesis 12:5
HEB: וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ אַ֥רְצָה כְּנָֽעַן׃
NAS: thus they came to the land of Canaan.
KJV: and into the land of Canaan they came.
INT: came to the land of Canaan

Genesis 13:12
HEB: יָשַׁ֣ב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־ כְּנָ֑עַן וְל֗וֹט יָשַׁב֙
NAS: in the land of Canaan, while Lot
KJV: in the land of Canaan, and Lot
INT: settled the land of Canaan Lot settled

Genesis 16:3
HEB: אַבְרָ֖ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַתִּתֵּ֥ן אֹתָ֛הּ
NAS: in the land of Canaan, Abram's
KJV: in the land of Canaan, and gave
INT: Abram's the land of Canaan and gave Abram

Genesis 17:8
HEB: כָּל־ אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן לַאֲחֻזַּ֖ת עוֹלָ֑ם
NAS: the land of Canaan, for an everlasting
KJV: all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting
INT: all the land of Canaan possession an everlasting

Genesis 23:2
HEB: חֶבְר֖וֹן בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַיָּבֹא֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם
NAS: in the land of Canaan; and Abraham
KJV: in the land of Canaan: and Abraham
INT: the same Hebron the land of Canaan went and Abraham

Genesis 23:19
HEB: חֶבְר֑וֹן בְּאֶ֖רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃
NAS: in the land of Canaan.
KJV: in the land of Canaan.
INT: the same Hebron the land of Canaan

Genesis 28:1
HEB: אִשָּׁ֖ה מִבְּנ֥וֹת כְּנָֽעַן׃
NAS: a wife from the daughters of Canaan.
KJV: a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
INT: A wife the daughters of Canaan

Genesis 28:6
HEB: אִשָּׁ֖ה מִבְּנ֥וֹת כְּנָֽעַן׃
NAS: a wife from the daughters of Canaan,
KJV: a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
INT: A wife the daughters of Canaan

Genesis 28:8
HEB: רָע֖וֹת בְּנ֣וֹת כְּנָ֑עַן בְּעֵינֵ֖י יִצְחָ֥ק
NAS: that the daughters of Canaan displeased
KJV: that the daughters of Canaan pleased
INT: displeased the daughters of Canaan pleased Isaac

Genesis 31:18
HEB: אָבִ֖יו אַ֥רְצָה כְּנָֽעַן׃
NAS: to the land of Canaan to his father
KJV: his father in the land of Canaan.
INT: to his father to the land of Canaan

Genesis 33:18
HEB: אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן בְּבֹא֖וֹ מִפַּדַּ֣ן
NAS: is in the land of Canaan, when he came
KJV: which [is] in the land of Canaan, when he came
INT: which the land of Canaan came Paddan-aram

Genesis 35:6
HEB: אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן הִ֖וא בֵּֽית־
NAS: is in the land of Canaan, he and all
KJV: which [is] in the land of Canaan, that [is], Bethel,
INT: who the land of Canaan he that Bethel

Genesis 36:2
HEB: נָשָׁ֖יו מִבְּנ֣וֹת כְּנָ֑עַן אֶת־ עָדָ֗ה
NAS: from the daughters of Canaan: Adah
KJV: of the daughters of Canaan; Adah
INT: his wives the daughters of Canaan Adah the daughter

Genesis 36:5
HEB: ל֖וֹ בְּאֶ֥רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃
NAS: to him in the land of Canaan.
KJV: unto him in the land of Canaan.
INT: were born the land of Canaan

Genesis 36:6
HEB: רָכַ֖שׁ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ אֶל־
NAS: in the land of Canaan, and went
KJV: in the land of Canaan; and went
INT: had acquired the land of Canaan and went about

Genesis 37:1
HEB: אָבִ֑יו בְּאֶ֖רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃
NAS: had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.
KJV: was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
INT: his father the land of Canaan

93 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3667
93 Occurrences

ḵə·nā·‘an — 7 Occ.
kə·nā·‘an — 82 Occ.
ū·ḵə·nā·‘an — 4 Occ.