Abram passed through the country unto the place of Sichem, as far as the noble vale: now the Canaanite was at that time in the land.
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Canaanite
/ˈkeɪnənaɪt/
Synonyms for "canaanite" (16 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (4)
Noun(4 words)
canaanite civilizationcanaanite culturecanaanite inhabitantcanaanite language
Strong matches (4)
Noun(4 words)
canaanite nativecanaanite personcanaanite regionalcanaanite society
Related words (8)
Noun(7 words)
canaanite speechcanaanite tonguecanaaniticlevantinenorthwest semitic relatedphoenicianphoenician-related
Adjective(1 words)
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Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
12 entriesBronze Age cultureCanaaniticCanaanitic languageSemiteSemitic languageSemitic peopleancient cultureethnic adjectiveethnic grouplanguage family adjectivelinguistic adjectiveregional adjective
More specific
10 entriesAmoriteCanaanite cultureCanaanite dialectCanaanite scriptEdomite cultureHebrew languageMoabite languagePhoenicianPhoenician culturePhoenician language
Collocations
7 entriesCanaanite archaeologyCanaanite cityCanaanite cultureCanaanite inscriptionsCanaanite languageCanaanite religionCanaanite script
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
1 entriesSample sentences
14 total sentences available.
And knowing their sorrow, I am come down to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land into a good and spacious land, into a land that floweth with milk and honey, to the places of the Canaanite, and Hethite, and Amorrhite, and Pherezite, and Hevite, and Jebusite.
Source: tatoeba (7975855)
And I have said the word to bring you forth out of the affliction of Egypt, into the land of the Canaanite, and Hethite, and Amorrhite, and Pherezite, and Hevite, and Jebusite, to a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Source: tatoeba (7977205)
And when the Lord shall have brought thee into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to thy fathers that he would give thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey, thou shalt celebrate this manner of sacred rites in this month.
Source: tatoeba (8028996)
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Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "canaanite"?
Closest matches include canaanite civilization, canaanite culture, canaanite inhabitant, canaanite language, canaanite native.
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Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.