What does כְּנַעַנִי · Χανααναῖος mean in the Bible?
כְּנַעַנִי · Χανααναῖος is a Hebrew phrase meaning "trader or merchant engaged in commerce".
Hebrew · H3669, G5478
כְּנַעֲנִי
A Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans) · a Chanaanæan (i.e. Kenaanite), or native of gentile Palestine
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כְּנַעַנִי H3669 a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)
Pronunciation kĕnaʿaniy
Canaanite identity metonymically shifted to denote merchant or trader due to commercial reputation.
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Χανααναῖος G5478 a Chanaanæan (i.e. Kenaanite), or native of gentile Palestine
Pronunciation Chanaanaîos
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What does כְּנַעֲנִי (kena'ani) mean in the Bible?
כְּנַעַנִי · Χανααναῖος is a Hebrew phrase meaning "trader or merchant engaged in commerce".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3669, G5478?
H3669, G5478 is connected to 73 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. trader or merchant engaged in commerce
Strong's H3669, G5478
Lexical occurrences 73 verses Source Gloss
trader or merchant engaged in commerce
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
כְּנַעֲנִי is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain