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Canaan
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament
(Authorized Version Chanaan, Acts 7:11; Acts 13:19)
In the NT Palestine is referred to as ‘the Land’ or ‘the Land of Israel’ (Matthew 2:20). The old designation ‘Canaan’ is used by St. Stephen, in making reference to the famine which sent Jacob’s sons into Egypt; and by St. Paul at Antioch when referring to the destroying of the Canaanites and the giving of the Land of Promise to Israel.
J. W. Duncan.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Canaan'. Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdn/​c/canaan.html. 1906-1918.