ΧΑΝΑΑΝ, χανααν
CHANAAN, chanaan
Sounds Like: KHAH-nah-ahn
Translations: Canaan
From the root: ΧΑΝΑΑΝ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word refers to Canaan, a historical region in the Ancient Near East, located between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. It is frequently mentioned in the Bible as the 'Promised Land' given to the Israelites. It is used to denote the land itself or its inhabitants.
Inflection: Does not inflect (indeclinable proper noun)
Strong’s number: G5477 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Genesis — 23:19
- Judges — 4:23, 4:24, 5:19
- 1 Chronicles — 16:18
- Judith — 5:3, 5:9, 5:10
- 1 Maccabees — 9:37
- Psalms — 104:11, 105:38, 134:11
- Isaiah — 23:11
- Zephaniah — 1:11, 2:5
- Acts of the Apostles — 13:19
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 9:18, 9:22, 9:25, 9:26, 9:27, 10:6, 10:15, 11:31, 12:5, 13:12, 16:3, 17:8, 23:2, 23:19, 28:1, 28:6, 28:8, 31:18, 33:18, 35:6, 35:27, 36:5, 36:6, 37:1, 42:5, 42:7, 42:13, 42:29, 42:32, 44:8, 45:17, 45:25, 46:6, 46:12, 46:31, 47:1, 47:4, 47:13, 47:14, 47:15, 48:3, 48:7, 49:30, 50:5, 50:11, 50:13
- Exodus — 12:40, 15:15
- Leviticus — 18:3, 25:38
- Numbers — 13:18, 26:15, 27:12, 32:30, 32:32, 33:40, 33:51, 34:2, 34:29, 35:10, 35:14
- Deuteronomy — 11:30, 32:49
- Joshua — 14:1, 21:2, 22:9, 22:10, 22:11, 22:32
- Judges — 3:1, 4:2, 4:23, 4:24, 5:19, 21:12
- 1 Kings — 22:24
- 1 Chronicles — 1:8, 7:10, 16:18
- 2 Chronicles — 18:10, 18:23
- Judith — 5:3, 5:9, 5:10
- 1 Maccabees — 9:37
- Psalms — 104:11, 105:38, 134:11
- Odes — 1:15
- Isaiah — 23:11
- Baruch — 3:22
- Ezekiel — 16:3, 17:4
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 13:56
- Hosea — 12:7
- Zephaniah — 1:11, 2:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΑΝΑΑΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΝΑΑΝ — Canaan
- ΧΑΝΑΑΝΕΙΤΙΔΙ — Canaanite, a Canaanite, (to) Canaanite
- ΧΑΝΑΝΕΙ — Canaanite, a Canaanite, (of) Canaan
- ΧΑΝΑΝΙΟΝ — Canaanite, a Canaanite
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