Canaanitish
Americanadjective
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Had we space we might pause over many of the other ancient Canaanitish cities, for the subject is of absorbing interest, but perhaps we may return to it in a later volume.
From The Bible in its Making The most Wonderful Book in the World by Mildred Duff
Did I not call him a Canaanitish labourer's son? and lo, now he has come into our house like the sun out of heaven.
From Old Testament Legends being stories out of some of the less-known apochryphal books of the old testament by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
A Canaanitish Homer could have invented nothing better than the journeys of Jacob and the marriage of Rebecca.
From History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology by J. F. (John Fletcher) Hurst
The ancient Canaanitish year began in the autumn in what the later calendar reckoned the seventh month.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
It was of course the Canaanitish subjects of the Pharaoh, who adjoined the Hittite kingdom, that were principally affected by these stipulations.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
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