Chanaan

American  

[key-nuhn, -ney-uhn] / ˈkeɪ nən, -neɪ ən /

noun

Douay Bible.

1. Canaan.

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Example Sentences

Thus ni is "him," while nini is "them;" and Chanaan, Yavnan, Libnan seem to be plural forms from Chna, Yavan and Liban.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George

Thus we read:— “Hunger wex in lond Chanaan; And his x sunes Jacob for-ðan 255 Sente in to Egypt to bringen coren; He bilefe at hom ðe was gungest boren.”

From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

Esau took wives of the daughters of Chanaan: Ada the daughter of Elon the Hethite, and Oolibama the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon the Hevite: Ada...

From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 01: Genesis The Challoner Revision by

They accordingly asserted that the founder or creator was Hermes Trismegistus, whom some of them professed to identify with Chanaan, the son of Ham, whose son Mizraim first occupied and peopled Egypt.

From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)

But when a famine covered all the land of Chanaan they went down into Egypt, and the king of Egypt brought them low with labouring in brick and made them slaves.

From Judith, a play in three acts Founded on the Apocryphal Book of Judith by Bennett, Arnold