כְּנַעַןKᵉnaʻan
כְּנַ֫עַן: proper name, masculine and [of a territory]: Canaan
Pronunciation: ken-ah'-an · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3667
Meanings
1. son of Ham (Genesis 9:18; Genesis 9:22; Genesis 9:25)
2.
a. land, west of Jordan, into which Hebrews came, and where they settled, subduing the inhabitants (Judges 5:19; Judges 4:2; Judges 4:23)
b. the coast, especially Phoenicia (Isaiah 23:11; Zephaniah 2:5)
כְּנָ֫עַן: merchant (s), (because Canaanites, especially Phoenicians, were traders) (Zephaniah 1:11; Ezekiel 16:29; Ezekiel 17:4)
Same root
- כָּנַעkânaʻ · H3665properly, to bend the knee; hence, to humiliate, vanquish
- ΧαναάνChanaán · G5477Chanaan (i.e. Kenaan), the early name of Palestine
- כְּנַעֲנָהKᵉnaʻănâh · H3668Kenaanah, the name of two Israelites
- כְּנַעַנִיKᵉnaʻanîy · H3669a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)
Where it appears
Appears 94 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 9:18 The sons of Noah who came out of the boat with their father were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham is the father of Canaan.)
- Genesis 9:22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers.
- Genesis 9:25 Then he cursed Canaan, the son of Ham: “May Canaan be cursed! May he be the lowest of servants to his relatives.”
- Genesis 9:26 Then Noah said, “May the Lord, the God of Shem, be blessed, and may Canaan be his servant!
- Genesis 9:27 May God expand the territory of Japheth! May Japheth share the prosperity of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
- Genesis 10:6 The descendants of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
See every passage
- Genesis 9:18, 9:22, 9:25, 9:26, 9:27, 10:6, 10:15, 11:31, 12:5, 13:12, 16:3, 17:8, 23:2, 23:19, 28:1, 28:6, 28:8, 31:18, 33:18, 35:6, 36:2, 36:5, 36:6, 37:1, 42:5, 42:7, 42:13, 42:29, 42:32, 44:8, 45:17, 45:25, 46:6, 46:12, 46:31, 47:1, 47:4, 47:13, 47:14, 47:15, 48:3, 48:7, 49:30, 50:5, 50:13
- Exodus 6:4, 15:15, 16:35
- Leviticus 14:34, 18:3, 25:38
- Numbers 13:2, 13:17, 26:19, 32:30, 32:32, 33:40, 33:51, 34:2, 34:29, 35:10, 35:14
- Deuteronomy 32:49
- Joshua 5:12, 14:1, 21:2, 22:9, 22:10, 22:11, 22:32, 24:3
- Judges 3:1, 4:2, 4:23, 4:24, 5:19, 21:12
- 1 Chronicles 1:8, 1:13, 16:18
- Psalms 105:11, 106:38, 135:11
- Isaiah 19:18, 23:8, 23:11
- Ezekiel 16:29, 17:4
- Hosea 12:7
- Zephaniah 1:11, 2:5
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).