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Girgashite
Girgashite or Girgasite , in the Bible, Canaanite nation, whose land was occupied by Israel. ... Read more
Ashtaroth
Ashtaroth , Hebrew plural form of Ashtoreth, the name of the Canaanite fertility goddess and consort of Baal . Her name is vocalized in Greek as Astarte . She was worshiped at various local shrines. There are several references to her in the Bible. ... Read more
Saint Simon
Saint Simon , in the New Testament, one of the Twelve Apostles. In the Gospels he is called the Canaanite or Cananaean or Zelotes, synonymous terms referring probably to association with the sect of Zealots . Feast (with St. Jude ): Oct. 28. ... Read more
Hazor
Hazor 1 Development town of N Galilee, 5 mi (8 km) SW of Lake Hula, in present-day Israel. Strategically located in ancient Palestine on the road leading from Egypt to Syria and Asia Minor, it was occupied from the early Bronze Age to Hellenistic times. According to the Bible, Joshua destroyed it... Read more
Asherah
Asherah or Asheroth , Canaanite fertility goddess and the wooden cult symbol that represented her. She is the consort of El in the Ugaritic texts. Several passages in the Bible may refer to the planting of a tree as a symbol of Asherah, or the setting up of a wooden object as an asherah—th... Read more
Canaan
Canaan . 1 According to biblical ethnography, Canaan was the son of Ham and the ancestor for whom the Canaanites were named. 2 Territory, the same as ancient Palestine, lying between the Jordan, the Dead Sea, and the Mediterranean and sometimes including Transjordan. It was the Promised Land of ... Read more
Deborah
Deborah , in the Bible, prophetess and judge of Israel, the only woman to hold that office. Under her guidance Barak conquered Sisera and delivered Israel from the oppression of the Canaanite King Jabin. The triumphant "Song of Deborah" is one of the most ancient literary pieces in the Bible, pe... Read more
Hezekiah
Hezekiah , in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Ahaz. During his reign Sennacherib of Assyria routed (701 BC) the rebellious Jews and exacted a high indemnity from them. However, a plague in the Assyrian army saved (690 BC) Judah from a second invasion by Sennacherib. Hezekiah's reign w... Read more
Molech
Molech or Moloch , Canaanite god of fire to whom children were offered in sacrifice; he is also known as an Assyrian god. He is attested as early as the 3d millennium BC, although most known references to him come from the later period represented by the Hebrew Bible, according to which Solomon ... Read more
Ugarit
Ugarit , ancient city, capital of the Ugarit kingdom, W Syria, on the Mediterranean coast N of modern Latakia. Although the name of this city was known from Egyptian and Hittite sources, its location and history were a mystery until the accidental discovery (1928) of an ancient tomb at the small Ara... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Canaanite"

Ugarit
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...migrations of Amorites and Semitic Canaanites. Early in the 2d millennium...works and myths of the ancient Canaanites. They are written in an alphabet...authentic specimens of pagan Canaanite literature, have been of...Testament were based on written Canaanite documents as well as being...
Afroasiatic languages
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...subdivisions of the West Semitic group are Canaanite, Aramaic (which embraced many dialects...Old and Modern South Arabian. The term Canaanite is derived from Canaan, the name for...and part of Syria. Included among the Canaanite languages are Phoenician, Moabite...
Phoenicia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Phenice and Phenicia. These people were Canaanites (see Canaan ), and in the 9th cent...new appellation Phoenicians to those Canaanites who lived on the seacoast and traded...said to have been identical with the Canaanites of N Palestine except for the development...
Abraham
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...of Canaan, a land inhabited by a warrior people called the Canaanites. He settled temporarily in Shechem and Beth-el. God told Abraham his descendants would inherit the Canaanite land. Egyptian Layover A famine in the land forced Abram and...
Baal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of the universe. The Ugarit tablets make him chief of the Canaanite pantheon. He is the source of life and fertility, the mightiest...dwelling is on Mt. Zaphon (Zion), the locale of Baal in Canaanite mythology. The practice of sacred prostitution seems to have...
Aphek
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Aphek , in the Bible. 1 Canaanite royal town, the modern Ras el-Ain or Rosh Hayim (Israel...It is probably the same place as the unidentified Aphekah. 2 Canaanite city in Asher. 3 Place where Ahab defeated Benhadad. 4, 5 Two...
Megiddo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...20 strata of settlements. Found in the latest 6 strata, from the Canaanite period to c.500 BC, were the Megiddo Ivories, one of the most important examples of Canaanite art, and Solomon's chariot stables. The plain is sometimes called...
Prophecy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...called nabhia, a borrowed title probably adopted from the Canaanites. They differed little in function from similar functionaries...that country, which was more subject to the influence of the Canaanites. Association of prophets appeared in Israel quite early...
Palestinian Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America ...activity, when many temples were built and the mythology of the Canaanite gods and goddesses was inscribed in tablets. The ancient...there before the arrival of the Israelites were known as "Canaanites." The name "Palestine" resulted from the influx of a number...
Hebrew
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...translation in many languages and cultures. Hebrew belongs to the Canaanite group of the Northwestern Semitic or Afro – Asiatic...A change in script occurred at that time, the ancient Canaanite alphabet of BH being replaced by the Assyrian square script...

Dictionary entries related to "Canaanite"

Canaanites
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Canaanites The inhabitants of ancient Palestine, but more specifically the land lying between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean. The Canaanites occupied the area in the 3rd millenium BC but it was conquered and occupied...
high places
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...part of the fertility religion of the Canaanites and incompatible with Yahwism (Hos...which was a means of making originally Canaanite shrines respectable for faithful Israelites...existence and attraction led later to Canaanite practices infiltrating into Yahwism...
Canaan(ites)
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...inherited (Exod. 23: 14–17). But much of Canaanite religion and morality was decisively repudiated by the conquering...Syro-Phoenician woman, Matthew (15: 22) calls her a Canaanite, which is a simplification of the more precise Marcan term...
Jael
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...Judg. 4: 17); she invited Sisera , commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin of Hazor , into her tent as he fled from...into his temple. The exploit gave Israel protection from the Canaanites and is memorably celebrated in the song of Deborah , a prophetess...
immortality
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...19–21). Maybe Hebrews were aware of the Canaanite cult of the death and resurrection of a deity (possibly underlying a liturgical theme in Hos. 6: 1 ff.) but Canaanites did not expect resurrection for themselves. In Israel...
names of God
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...writing ‘G—d’. El : God, in Canaanite vocabulary, but found also in the OT, sometimes in conjunction...replace ‘Yahweh’ in worship. Baal : the Canaanite deity to whom the Israelites sometimes turned; for this they...
Baal
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...it was used as the proper noun for the principal object of Canaanite worship. Baal was a fertility and agricultural god, and...to a transcendent God with ethical demands? Or was it to a Canaanite god immanent in nature? But transcendent Yahweh could also...
Idolatry
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Aaron responsible for the golden calf. [O.T.: Exodus 32] Ashtaroth Canaanite deities worshiped profanely by Israelites. [O.T.: Judges 2:12] Baalim Canaanite deities worshiped profanely by Israelites. [O.T.: Judges 2:11...
Ras Shamra
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Ras Shamra. Site of the ancient city of Ugarit. Archaeological discoveries at Ras Shamra have added greatly to our knowledge of ancient Canaanite customs and beliefs, especially through the Ugaritic texts.
Exodus, the
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...past. Historical reconstruction is therefore difficult. It could be that if some Hebrews never went into Egypt, these were joined with those who fled from Pharaoh and so generated a revolt of the underclass against Canaanite overlords.

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Canaanite in cuneiform.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...franca, namely the use of cuneiform by Canaanite scribes during the Late Bronze Age...centuries B.C.E.). The language that Canaanite scribes used for correspondence in cuneiform...This language, that is, what the Canaanite scribes wrote, appears to be a hybrid...
The True Racial Identity Of The Original Canaanites
Newspaper article from: Chicago Citizen; 9/14/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...racial identity of the original Canaanites has come up from time to time...the beginning the ancient Canaanites were a Black people that in...goddess did reign supreme. The Canaanite goddess was called Anath...in making up the original Canaanites. The first group was called...
CANAANITES UNCOVERED EXCAVATIONS SHED NEW LIGHT ON ANCIENT BIBLICAL LAND.(News/National/International)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 8/30/1998; 700+ words ; ...the prophets of the Old Testament, the Canaanite god Baal was a symbol of decadence and...there.'' Now, a new image of the Canaanite religion is emerging as archaeologists...texts reveal a wealthy and sophisticated Canaanite society that imported alabaster from...
`Canaanite': an ancient word and a modern movement
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 3/20/1986; ; 700+ words ; ...and his disciples "Canaanites." "The name stuck...who still bears the Canaanite stigma with pride...his publisher. As a Canaanite, Amir would abolish...Israelis have become Canaanites without necessarily...If Israel ever goes Canaanite, that source of revenue...
Excavations shedding new light on Canaanites
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/29/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...the prophets of the Old Testament, the Canaanite god Baal was a symbol of decadence and...there.'' Now, a new image of the Canaanite religion is emerging as archaeologists...texts reveal a wealthy and sophisticated Canaanite society that imported alabaster from...
New Canaan: Excavations shedding new light on Canaanites
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 8/30/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...the prophets of the Old Testament, the Canaanite god Baal was a symbol of decadence and...them there." Now, a new image of the Canaanite religion is emerging as archaeologists...texts reveal a wealthy and sophisticated Canaanite society that imported alabaster from...
League of Canaanite, Phoenician and Punic cities pledge closer mutual ties.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon); 11/5/2009; 700+ words ; ...bringing together ancient Canaanite, Phoenician and Punic cities...countries.Aa The League of the Canaanite, Phoenician and Punic Cities...founded or visited by the Canaanites, Phoenicians and the Punics...though any city with a shared Canaanite, Phoenician or Punic past...
Canaanites and Philistines
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 8/16/1998; ; 241 words ; ...from the ancient Canaanites. So, we have...while boasting of Canaanite ancestry. But...from the non-Canaanite Ishmael? Or...was really a Canaanite as well, which...Jews are also Canaanites... I wish...
Jesus, healer of the Canaanite woman's daughter in Matthew's gospel: a social-scientific inquiry.
Magazine article from: Biblical Theology Bulletin; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...historicity of the healing story of the Canaanite woman's daughter in the Gospel of Matthew...historicity of the healing story of the Canaanite woman's daughter in the Gospel of Matthew...apparently was an Israelite, whereas the Canaanite woman and her afflicted daughter were...
The Canaanite woman's faith; Matthew 15:21-28.(Opinion & Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 8/3/2005; 670 words ; ...and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came...fulfillment of Gods promise. The Canaanites, therefore, are Israels...in the New Testament. The Canaanite woman, in the parallel account...ironic twist, it is this Canaanite woman who acclaims and calls...