noun · feminine
chanaan
GreekΧανάαν (chanaan)
Strong’sG5477
Canaan
stem chanaan-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Χαναάν, ἡ indecl. (Heb. כְּנַעַן),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5477 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhan-ah-an'
Chanaan (i.e. Kenaan), the early name of Palestine
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesChanaan.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | chanaan | chanaan |
| object accusative | chanaan1×Χανάαν | chanaan |
| direct address vocative | chanaan | chanaan |
| of, belonging to genitive | chanaan1×Χανάαν | chanaan |
| to, for dative | chanaan | chanaan |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
chanaan“Canaan”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 7:11“Canaan”erchata de limos epi holan tan Aiguptan kai Chanaan kai thlipsias megas, kai ouk heuriskale chortasmeim tois patērois nu;Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
chanaan“Canaan”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 13:19“Canaan”kai kathairaratos ethneim hepta en gēa Chanaan kataklēronomata tan gēan auteiuAnd having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.