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Syrophoenician

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(ssee roh fuhih nih' shuhn) Phoenician from Syria rather than from North Africa (Libyphoenicians). Mark 7:26 speaks of a Greek woman who was “a Syrophoenician by nation.” A parallel account calls her “a woman of Canaan” ( Matthew 15:22 ), the ancient name for these people.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Syrophoenician'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​s/syrophoenician.html. 1991.
 
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