noun · masculine
kananaios
GreekΚαναναῖος (kananaios)
Strong’sG2581
the Cananaean
stem kananai-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Καναναῖος, -ου, ὁ
(late Heb. קַנְאָנָא),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2581 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkan-an-ee'-tace
zealous; Cananites, an epithet
Fromof Chaldee origin (compare );
King JamesCanaanite (by mistake for a derivative from <span data-strongs="G5477">G5477</span>).
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 | kananaios1×Καναναῖος | kananaiois |
| object accusative | kananaion1×Καναναῖον | kananaioin |
| direct address vocative | kananaior | kananaioir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kananaiou | kananaioiu |
| to, for dative | kananaio | kananaioi |
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
kananaio 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
kananaios“Zealot”subjectnominative singular1×
Matthew 10:4“Zealot”Simōnos tos Kananaios kai Ioudaos tos Iskariōtos tos kai paradōaratos auton.Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
kananaion“Zealot”objectaccusative singular1×
Mark 3:18“Zealot”kai Andreon kai Filippon kai Bartholomaion kai Mathaion kai Thōmaon kai Iakōbon ton tou Halfaiou kai Thaddaion kai Simōnon ton KananaionAndrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,