BDB4093
I. כְּנַ֫עַן90 proper name, masculine and [of a territory] Canaan ( ᵐ5 Ξανααν, Phoenician כנען = Phoenicia; Ξνα = כנע , Hecataeus, see MüllerFr.Hist.Gr.i,17 and others; Egyptian Ka-n-±-na WMMAs.u.Europa,205 ff.; Tel Amarna Kina—na, Kina——i , etc., BezBM Tablets, 150 WklTA 39; etymology dubious GFMPAOS Oct. 1890. lxvii ff.; see also GASmGeogr. 4 f. BuhlGeogr. § 42); —
1. as proper name, masculine, son of Ham
Gen 9:18; Gen 9:22; Gen 9:25; Gen 9:27; Gen 10:15 (as
ancestor of Canaanites and Phoenicians; all
J
); Gen 10:6
(
P
); 1Chr 1:8;
1Chr 1:13 (from
Gen 10:6; Gen 10:15).
2.
a.
land, west of Jordan, into which Hebrews came, and where they settled, subduing the
inhabitants;
מַלְכֵי כְּנַעַן
Judg 5:19,
׳
מלך כ
Judg 4:2; Judg 4:23; Judg 4:24 (twice
in
verse); hence ׳
מַמְלְכוֺת כ
Ps 135:11
׳
ישְׁבֵי כ
Exod 15:15
(song in
E
); compare ׳
מִלְחֲמוֺת כ
Judg 3:1
׳
עֲצַבֵּי כ
Ps 106:38
idols of Canaan, i.e. of the former inhabitants; especially ׳
אֶרֶץ (ֿ) כ, ׳
אַרְצָה כ
Gen 44:8; Gen 46:31;
Gen 47:1; Gen 47:4; Gen 47:13;
Gen 47:14;
Gen 47:15;
Gen 50:5; Gen 50:13
(all
J
), Gen 35:6
; Gen 42:5; Gen 42:7; Gen 42:13;
Gen 42:29;
Gen 42:32;
Gen 45:17;
Gen 45:25;
Josh 24:3 (all
E
), Gen
11:31
; Gen 12:5
(twice in verse);
Gen
13:12 (opposed to עָרֵי הַכִּכָּר vb), Gen 16:3; Gen 17:8 (all
P
) + 40 t.
P
, Judg
21:12
; 1Chr
16:18
= Ps
105:11 also ׳
הָאָרֶץ כ
Num 34:2 (
P
); ׳
בְּנוֺת כ
Gen 28:1
daughters of Canaan = women of the land, so Gen 28:6 Gen 28:8; Gen 36:2 (all
P
); כנען is personified Hos 12:8 = apostate Israel; ׳
שְׂפַת כ
Isa 19:18
=
the Hebrew language (without evil implication).
b. the coast, especially Phoenicia Isa 23:11
compare אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים
׳
כ
Zeph 2:5.