כְּנַעַן

Strong’s Definition

Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him

Etymology & Derivation

from H3665 (כָּנַע); humiliated;

KJV Usage

Canaan, merchant, traffick.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(n pr m) the 4th son of ham and the progenitor of the phoenicians and of the various nations who peopled the seacoast of palestine
• 2.(n pr loc) the land west of the jordan peopled by the descendants of canaan and subsequently conquered by the israelites under joshua
• 3.(n m) merchant, trader

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Kᵉnaʻan; Pronunciation: ken-ah'-an