Reference: Canaanite, The
Morish
Ca'naanite
Used to designate Simon Zelotes, one of the twelve apostles; this name ?????????, Canaanite, is not the same as that of an inhabitant of Canaan, which in the LXX is ?????????. That respecting Simon occurs in Mt 10:4; Mr 3:18; by the other two Evangelists he is styled 'Zelotes,' and ????????? (in some copies ?????????) is held to be from the Aramaic qana, 'to be zealous:' cf. Nu 25:11,13.
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Smith
Ca'naanite, The,
the designation of the apostle Simon, otherwise known as "Simon Zelotes." It occurs in
and is derived from a Chaldee or Syriac word by which the Jewish sect or faction of the "Zealots" was designated --a turbulent and seditious sect, especially conspicuous at the siege of Jerusalem. They taught that all foreign rule over Jews was unscriptural, and opposed that rule in every way.