adjective

chananaias

GreekΧαναναῖος (chananaios)

Strong’sG5478

Canaanite

stem chananai-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

canaanite1×

What it means

Χαναναῖος, -α, -ον

Canaanite: γυνή, Mt 15:22.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5478 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkhan-ah-an-ah'-yos

a Chanaanæan (i.e. Kenaanite), or native of gentile Palestine

Fromfrom G5477;

King Jamesof Canaan.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	chananaios	chananaias1×Χαναναία	chananaiem	chananaiois	chananaiais	chananaieim
object accusative	chananaion	chananaian		chananaioin	chananaiain
direct address vocative	chananaior	chananaiar		chananaioir	chananaiair
of, belonging to genitive	chananaiou	chananaiau	chananaieu	chananaioiu	chananaiaiu	chananaieiu
to, for dative	chananaio	chananaia	chananaie	chananaioi	chananaiai	chananaiei

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

chananaistem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

chananai is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

chananaias“canaanite”subjectnominative singular1×

Matthew 15:22“canaanite”kai idou gunaikas Chananaias apo teiu horeiu ekeineiu exercharatas krazate legarōtas; Elēasar min, kurior huios David; tas thugatēras mu kakōs daimonizetō.And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”