Canaan
Ancient site, identified with Canaan.
Placeregion101 verses
Where was it?
One proposed modern location, with the scholarly support recorded for it.
- Canaan1,000
Names
- Canaan — כְּנַעַן kənaan “land of purple, hence merchant, trader” (H3667) · Χανάαν Xanáan (G5477) — Genesis 11:31
Name variants
- Canaan (784)
- Canaanites (36)
- Canaanite (35)
- Beautiful Land (6)
- Glorious Land (3)
- Phoenicia (3)
- Chanaan (2)
- Gentile (1)
- Phoenician (1)
References
Topical references
- Eleven nations, descended from Canaan — Genesis 10:15; Deuteronomy 7:1; 1 Chronicles 1:13
- Territory of — Genesis 10:19; Genesis 12:6; Genesis 15:18; Exodus 23:31; Numbers 13:29; Numbers 34:2; Joshua 1:4; Joshua 5:1
- Given to the Israelites — Genesis 12:6; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 15:18; Genesis 17:8; Exodus 23:23; Deuteronomy 7:1; Deuteronomy 32:49; Psalms 135:11; Psalms 135:12
- Wickedness of — Genesis 13:13; Leviticus 18:25; Leviticus 18:27; Leviticus 18:28; Leviticus 20:23
- To be expelled from the land — Exodus 33:2; Exodus 34:11
- To be destroyed — Exodus 23:23; Exodus 23:24; Deuteronomy 19:1; Deuteronomy 31:3
- Not expelled — Joshua 17:12; Judges 1:1; Judges 3:1
- Defeat the Israelites — Numbers 14:45; Judges 4:1
- Defeated by the Israelites — Numbers 21:1; Joshua 11:1; Judges 4:4
- By the Egyptians — 1 Kings 9:16
- Chariots of — Joshua 17:18
- Isaac forbidden by Abraham to take a wife from — Genesis 28:1
- Judah marries a woman of — Genesis 38:2; 1 Chronicles 2:3
- The exile Jews take wives from — Ezra 9:2
- Prophecy concerning — Genesis 9:25
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.
Described as
- Land flowing with milk and honey — אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ erets tsavat chalav vdəvas “land flowing [with] milk and honey” (H1706) · γῆν ῥέουσαν γάλα καὶ μέλι gē͂n r̔éousan gála kaì méli “land flowing [with] milk and honey” (G3192) — Exodus 3:8