a name given to the apostle Simon (Mt 10:4; Mr 3:18). The word here does not, however, mean a descendant of Canaan, but is a translation, or rather almost a transliteration, of the Syriac word Kanenyeh (R.V. rendered "Cananaen"), which designates the Jewish sect of the Zealots. Hence he is called elsewhere (Lu 6:15) "Simon Zelotes;" i.e., Simon of the sect of the Zealots. (See Simon.)