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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2581 - Κανανίτης

Transliteration

Kananítēs

Phonetics

kan-an-ee'-tace

Origin

of Aramaic origin, cf (H7067)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's
Canaanite = "zealous"

the surname of apostle Simon, otherwise known as "Simon Zelotes"

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

BSB (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

CSB (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

ESV (1)

Matthew 1

KJV (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

N95 (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

NAS (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

NLT (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

WEB (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

YLT (2)

Matthew 1

Mark 1

ASV (2)

the cananaean 2

BSB (2)

zealot 2

CSB (2)

the zealot 2

ESV (1)

zealot 1

KJV (2)

canaanite 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

zealot 2

N95 (2)

zealot 2

NAS (2)

zealot 2

NLT (2)

zealot 2

WEB (2)

the canaanite 1

the zealot 1

YLT (2)

cananite 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

ANT

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

BEZ

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

BGB

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

BMT

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

BYZ

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

ELZ

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

NA26

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

SBL

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

SCV

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

STV

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

TIS

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

N-ASM-T 1

N-NSM-T 1

TRG

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Thayer's Expanded Definition

Κανανίτης, Κανανιτου, ὁ (from Chaldean קַנְאָן, Hebrew קָנָא), equivalent to ὁ ζηλωτής (according to the interpr. of Luke in , Acts 1:13), which see, the Zealot, a surname of the apostle Simon R G (the latter with a small kappa κ') in Matthew 10:4 and Mark 3:18.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Καναναῖος , -ου , ὁ

(late Heb. H7065),

a Cananæan or Zealot (cf. ζηλωτής ): Matthew 10:4, Mark 3:18 (Rec. -νίτης ).†

Καναίτης , see Καναναῖος .

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Dalman (Words, p. 50) thinks that the original Greek form of this surname (Matthew 10:4, Mark 3:18) was Κανναῖος = מַנַּי, ";a zealot"; (cf. Luke 6:15). On the form see also Moulton Gr. ii. p. 109, Burkitt Syriac Forms of NT Proper Names (Brit. Acad. 1912), p. 5.

List of Word Forms

Καναναιον Καναναῖον Καναναιος Καναναῖος Kananaion Kananaîon Kananaios Kananaîos