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Joshua 11:3
“And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3669 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)
- Derivation
- patrial from H3667 (כְּנַעַן);
- KJV renderings
- Canaanite, merchant, trafficker.
- Grammar
- הַֽ — particle (definite article)
- כְּנַעֲנִי֙ — gentilic noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 73 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 10:18Genesis 10:19Genesis 12:6Genesis 13:7Genesis 15:21
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כְּנַעַנִי here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.