The Definition of the word Canaanite

Canaanite

A name given to the apostle Simon (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18). The "word here does not, however, mean a descendant of Canaan, but is" "a translation, or rather almost a transliteration, of the Syriac" "word Kanenyeh (R.V. rendered "Cananaen"), which designates the" Jewish sect of the Zealots. Hence he is called elsewhere (Luke "6:15) "Simon Zelotes;" i.e., Simon of the sect of the Zealots." (See [94]SIMON.)