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Canaan

The country which derived its name from the preceding. The name as first used by the Phoenicians denoted only the maritime plain on which Sidon was built. But in the time of Moses and Joshua it denoted the whole country to the west of the Jordan and the Dead Sea (Deut. 11:30). In Josh. 5:12 the LXX. read, “land of the Phoenicians,” instead of “land of Canaan.”

The name signifies “the lowlands,” as distinguished from the land of Gilead on the east of Jordan, which was a mountainous district. The extent and boundaries of Canaan are fully set forth in different parts of Scripture (Gen. 10:19; 17:8; Num. 13:29; 34:8).

Region/Country region

KJB,ESV = ‘Canaan’

People and places

People recorded here: Abraham, Benjamin (patriarch), Canaan (GEN 9:18), Haran (brother of Abraham), Lot, Sarah, Terah (GEN 11:24)

Recorded scripture occurrences (76)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: GEN 11:31

OET-RV GEN 11:31

31 Then one day, Terah gathered his son Avram and his grandson Lot (who was Haran’s son), and his daughter-in-law Saray (who was Avram’s wife), and they all left from the city of Ur (where the Kasdim lived), to travel to the region of Kena’an (Canaan), but when they arrived at the city of Haran, they decided to live there.

OET-LV GEN 11:31

31 And_ Teraḩ _he/it _took DOM ʼAⱱrām his/its_son and_DOM Lōţ the _son _of Ḩārān the _son _of his/its_son and_DOM Sarai his/its_daughter-in-law the _wife _of ʼAⱱrām his/its_son and_they _went _out with_them from_ʼŪr of_the_ones_from _Kasdiy to_go towards_land of _Kənaˊan/(Canaan) and_they _came to Ḩārān and_they _lived there.

Show passage in OET: GEN 12:5

OET-RV GEN 12:5

5 He took his wife Saray (Sarai) and his nephew Lot and all their possessions that they had accumulated and the people who they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Kena’an (Canaan).
¶ When they arrived in the Kena’an region,

OET-LV GEN 12:5

5 And_ ʼAⱱrām _he/it _took DOM Sarai his/its_wife/woman and_DOM Lōţ the _son _of his/its_brother and_DOM all _of their_property which they _had _accumulated and_DOM the_people whom they _had _acquired in_Ḩārān and_they _went _out to_go towards_land of _Kənaˊan/(Canaan) and_they _came towards_land of _Kənaˊan/(Canaan).

Show passage in OET: GEN 13:12

OET-RV GEN 13:12

12 So Avram settled in the land of Kena’an (Canaan), and Lot settled in the cities of the plain and moved his tents as far as Sedom.

OET-LV GEN 13:12

12 ʼAⱱrām he _dwelt in_land _of Kənaˊan/(Canaan) and_Lōţ he _dwelt in_the _cities _of the _valley and_he _moved _tent to Şədom.

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GEN: all 35 recorded references

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EXO: all 3 recorded references

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LEV: all 3 recorded references

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NUM: all 11 recorded references

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DEU: all 1 recorded references

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JOS: all 8 recorded references

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JDG: all 6 recorded references

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PSA: all 3 recorded references

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CH1: all 1 recorded references

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ISA: all 2 recorded references

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ZEP: all 1 recorded references

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ACT: all 2 recorded references

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Words tagged with this person or place

These links follow the source-word tags and may include pronouns. Tagging is not exhaustive.

GEN: 35 tagged passages

GEN 11:31: כְּנַ֔עַן

GEN 12:5: כְּנַ֔עַן · כְּנָֽעַן

GEN 13:12: כְּנָ֑עַן

GEN 16:3: כְּנָ֑עַן

GEN 17:8: כְּנַ֔עַן

GEN 23:2: כְּנָ֑עַן

GEN 23:19: כְּנָֽעַן

GEN 31:18: כְּנָֽעַן

GEN 33:18: כְּנַ֔עַן

GEN 35:6: כְּנַ֔עַן

GEN 36:5: כְּנָֽעַן

GEN 36:6: כְּנָ֑עַן

GEN 37:1: כְּנָֽעַן

GEN 42:5: כְּנָֽעַן

GEN 42:7: כְּנַ֖עַן

GEN 42:13: כְּנָ֑עַן

GEN 42:29: כְּנָ֑עַן

GEN 42:32: כְּנָֽעַן

GEN 44:8: כְּנָ֑עַן

GEN 45:17: כְּנָֽעַן

GEN 45:25: כְּנַ֔עַן

GEN 46:6: כְּנַ֔עַן

GEN 46:10: הַֽ,כְּנַעֲנִֽית

GEN 46:12: כְּנַ֔עַן

GEN 46:31: כְּנַ֖עַן

GEN 47:1: כְּנָ֑עַן

GEN 47:4: כְּנָ֑עַן

GEN 47:13: כְּנַ֔עַן

GEN 47:14: כְּנַ֔עַן

GEN 47:15: כְּנַעַן֒

GEN 48:3: כְּנָ֑עַן

GEN 48:7: כְּנַ֨עַן֙

GEN 49:30: כְּנָ֑עַן

GEN 50:5: כְּנַ֔עַן

GEN 50:13: כְּנַ֔עַן

EXO: 3 tagged passages

EXO 6:4: כְּנָ֑עַן

EXO 15:15: כְנָֽעַן

EXO 16:35: כְּנָֽעַן

LEV: 3 tagged passages

LEV 14:34: כְּנַ֔עַן

LEV 18:3: כְּנַ֡עַן

LEV 25:38: כְּנַ֔עַן

NUM: 11 tagged passages

NUM 13:2: כְּנַ֔עַן

NUM 13:17: כְּנָ֑עַן

NUM 26:19: כְּנָֽעַן

NUM 32:30: כְּנָֽעַן

NUM 32:32: כְּנָ֑עַן

NUM 33:40: הַֽ,כְּנַעֲנִי֙ · כְּנָ֑עַן

NUM 33:51: כְּנָֽעַן

NUM 34:2: כְּנָ֑עַן · כְּנַ֖עַן

NUM 34:29: כְּנָֽעַן

NUM 35:10: כְּנָֽעַן

NUM 35:14: כְּנָ֑עַן

DEU: 1 tagged passages

DEU 32:49: כְּנַ֔עַן

JOS: 8 tagged passages

JOS 5:12: כְּנַ֔עַן

JOS 14:1: כְּנָ֑עַן

JOS 21:2: כְּנַ֨עַן֙

JOS 22:9: כְּנָ֑עַן

JOS 22:10: כְּנָ֑עַן

JOS 22:11: כְּנַ֔עַן

JOS 22:32: כְּנַ֖עַן

JOS 24:3: כְּנָ֑עַן

JDG: 6 tagged passages

JDG 3:1: כְּנָֽעַן

JDG 4:2: כְּנַ֔עַן

JDG 4:23: כְּנָ֑עַן

JDG 4:24: כְּנָ֑עַן · כְּנָֽעַן

JDG 5:19: כְנַ֔עַן

JDG 21:12: כְּנָֽעַן

PSA: 3 tagged passages

PSA 105:11: כְּנָ֑עַן

PSA 106:38: כְנָ֑עַן

PSA 135:11: כְּנָֽעַן

CH1: 1 tagged passages

CH1 16:18: כְּנָ֔עַן

ISA: 2 tagged passages

ISA 19:18: כְּנַ֔עַן

ISA 23:11: כְּנַ֔עַן

ZEP: 1 tagged passages

ZEP 2:5: כְּנַ֨עַן֙

ACT: 2 tagged passages

ACT 7:11: Χανάαν

ACT 13:19: Χανάαν

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