Lexical Definition

‎כְּנַעַן‎ Kᵉnaʻan (ken-ah'-an) Canaan ^N:N--L
from ‎כָּנַע‎; humiliated

Canaan, merchant, traffick.

• § Canaan = "lowland"
• Kenaan, a son a Ham
• also the country inhabited by him

n pr m
1) the 4th son of Ham and the progenitor of the Phoenicians and of the various nations who peopled the seacoast of Palestine
n pr loc
2) the land west of the Jordan peopled by the descendants of Canaan and subsequently conquered by the Israelites under Joshua
n m
3) merchant, trader

See Greek: Χαναάν

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.9.18
• son of: Ham (חָם)
• brother of: Cush (כּוּשׁ), Egypt (מִצְרַיִם) and Put (פּוּט)
• father of: Sidon (צִידוֹן), Heth (חֵת), Jebusite (יְבוּסִי), Amorite (אֱמֹרִי), Girgashite (גִּרְגָּשִׁי), Hivite (חִוִּי), Arkite (עַרְקִי), Sinite (סִינִי), Arvadite (אַרְוָדִי), Zemarite (צְמָרִי) and Hamathite (חֲמָתִי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎כְּנַ֫עַן‎₉₀ proper name, masculine and of a territory Canaan (ᵐ5 Ξανααν, Phoenician ‎כנען‎ = Phoenicia; Ξνα = ‎כנע‎, Hecataeus, see Müller^{Fr.Hist.Gr.i,17} and others; Egyptian Ka-n-±-na WMM^{As.u.Europa,205 ff.}; Tel Amarna Kina—na, Kina——i, etc., Bez^{BM Tablets, 150} Wkl^{TA 39}; etymology dubious GFM^{PAOS Oct. 1890. lxvii ff.}; see also GASm^{Geogr. 4 f.} Buhl^{Geogr. § 42}); —

1. as proper name, masculine, son of Ham Gen 9:18; Gen 9:22; Gen 9:25; Gen 9:27; Gen 10:15 (as ancestor of Canaanites and Phoenicians; all J); Gen 10:6 (P); 1Chr 1:8; 1Chr 1:13 (from Gen 10:6; Gen 10:15).

2. a. land, west of Jordan, into which Hebrews came, and where they settled, subduing the inhabitants; ‎מַלְכֵי כְּנַעַן‎ Judg 5:19, ‎׳‎‎מלך כ‎ Judg 4:2; Judg 4:23; Judg 4:24 (twice in verse); hence ‎׳‎‎מַמְלְכוֺת כ‎ Ps 135:11 ‎׳‎‎ישְׁבֵי כ‎ Exod 15:15 (song in E); compare ‎׳‎‎מִלְחֲמוֺת כ‎ Judg 3:1 ‎׳‎‎עֲצַבֵּי כ‎ Ps 106:38 idols of Canaan, i.e. of the former inhabitants; especially ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ (ֿ) כ‎, ‎׳‎‎אַרְצָה כ‎ Gen 44:8; Gen 46:31; Gen 47:1; Gen 47:4; Gen 47:13; Gen 47:14; Gen 47:15; Gen 50:5; Gen 50:13 (all J), Gen 35:6; Gen 42:5; Gen 42:7; Gen 42:13; Gen 42:29; Gen 42:32; Gen 45:17; Gen 45:25; Josh 24:3 (all E), Gen 11:31; Gen 12:5 (twice in verse); Gen 13:12 (opposed to ‎עָרֵי הַכִּכָּר‎ v^b), Gen 16:3; Gen 17:8 (all P) + 40 t. P, Judg 21:12; 1Chr 16:18 = Ps 105:11 also ‎׳‎‎הָאָרֶץ כ‎ Num 34:2 (P); ‎׳‎‎בְּנוֺת כ‎ Gen 28:1 daughters of Canaan = women of the land, so vGen 28:6 vGen 28:8; Gen 36:2 (all P); ‎כנען‎ is personified Hos 12:8* = apostate Israel; ‎׳‎‎שְׂפַת כ‎ Isa 19:18 = the Hebrew language (without evil implication).
b. the coast, especially Phoenicia Isa 23:11 compare ‎אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Zeph 2:5.

II. ‎כְּנָ֫עַן‎ noun [masculine] merchant (s) (because Canaanites, especially Phoenicians, were traders); — ‎כָּלעַֿם כְּנַעַן‎ Zeph 1:11 ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ כ‎ Ezek 16:29 (omitted by ᵐ5 B and others Co), Ezek 17:4 a land of merchants; compare ‎כנעני‎ near the end.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Son of Ham • Son of Ham; father of Sidon and Heth

Man living at the time of the Patriarchs

Canaan, the son of Ham, was the father of Sidon, Heth, and other Canaanite tribes.

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.9.18;
• only referred to as Canaan כְּנַעַן;
• son of Ham חָם;
• a brother of Cush כּוּשׁ, Egypt מִצְרַיִם and Put פּוּט;
• father of Sidon צִידוֹן, Heth חֵת, Jebusites יְבוּסִי, Amorites אֱמֹרִי, Girgashites גִּרְגָּשִׁי, Hivites חִוִּי, Arkites עַרְקִי, Sinites סִינִי, Arvadites אַרְוָדִי, Zemarites צְמָרִי and Hamathites חֲמָתִי.

Canaan was the fourth son of Ham and the grandson of Noah (Gen. 9:18, 22; 10:6; 1 Chr. 1:8). He became the progenitor of the Canaanite tribes, which inhabited the land that would later be promised to Abraham and his descendants (Gen. 10:15-19; 1 Chr. 1:13-16). Canaan's sons included Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth, the ancestor of the Hittites. Other descendants of Canaan included the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. After Noah's drunkenness, Ham saw his father's nakedness and told his brothers (Gen. 9:22). In response, Noah cursed Canaan, stating that he would be a servant to his brothers (Gen. 9:25-27). This curse was likely a prophetic declaration about the future subjugation of the Canaanite tribes by the Israelites. The land of Canaan became synonymous with the region God promised to Abraham, and the Canaanites were among the inhabitants the Israelites were to displace and conquer (Gen. 12:5-7; Ex. 3:8; Deut. 7:1-3).

All entries for Canaan: כְּנַעַן

Related Profiles:

• Ham (father)
• Cush (sibling)
• Egypt (sibling)
• Put (sibling)
• Sidon (child)
• Heth (child)
• Jebusites (child)
• Amorites (child)
• Girgashites (child)
• Hivites (child)
• Arkites (child)
• Sinites (child)
• Arvadites (child)
• Zemarites (child)
• Hamathites (child)