Strong's Concordance Kananaios: Cananaean, Aramaic for Zealot, surname of one of the twelve apostles Original Word: Κανανίτης, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Kananaios Phonetic Spelling: (kan-an-ee'-tace) Short Definition: a Canaanite Definition: a Canaanite. HELPS Word-studies 2581 Kananítēs – properly, a Canaanite (a Canaanean); used of one of the twelve apostles because he was an adherent of the Zealots – "Simon the Canaanite (Mt 10: 4; Mk 3:18). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2581: ΚανανίτηςΚανανίτης, Κανανιτου, ὁ (from Chaldean קַנְאָן, Hebrew קָנָא), equivalent to ὁ ζηλωτής (according to the interpr. of Luke in |
