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canaan
/ˈkeɪnən/
name 5
Collocations
4ADJ.
perpetual, southern, stiff, youngest
VERB + CANAAN
land, referred
CANAAN + NOUN
abode, abraham, begat, bethel, egypt, father, hebrew, lot
PREP.
after, from, in, in
Definitions
name
1
A historic region of the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine/Israel.
Ancient combs were made from wood, bone and ivory, but the latter would have been expensive, imported luxuries. There were no elephants in Canaan at the time.
2
A grandson of Noah.
And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
3
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
4
The name of multiple places in North America named after the historic region, including:
5
The name of multiple places in North America named after the historic region, including:
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Ancient combs were made from wood, bone and ivory, but the latter would have been expensive, imported luxuries. There were no elephants in Canaan at the time.
Wiktionary02
And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamat
Wiktionary03
Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot abode in the towns that were about the Jordan, and dwelt in Sodom.
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And he took all his substance, and flocks, and whatsoever he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and went forward to Isaac, his father, to the land of Canaan.
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And he passed over to Salem, a city of the Sichemites, which is in the land of Canaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria: and he dwelt by the town.
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An I will give to thee, and to thy seed, the land of thy sojournment, all the land of Canaan, for a perpetual possession, and I will be their God.
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