Κανανίτης
Kananitēs · Cananaean, Zealot
Greek word · Strong’s number G2581 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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Kananitēs (Κανανίτης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Cananaean, Zealot”.
Cananaean: from the Aramaic qan'ana, "zealous"; that is, "the Zealot".
How to say it
Ka·na·ni·tēs
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A surname of Simon: the zealous one, the Zealot.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
Where it appears
- Matthew 10:4
Simon the Cananaean and Judas Iscariot, who also handed him over.
- Mark 3:18
and Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas and James the son of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus and Simon the Cananaean