Canaanitish

American  

[kay-nuhn-ahyt-ish] / ˈkeɪ nənˌaɪt ɪʃ /

adjective

1. relating to Canaan or the Canaanites; Canaanite.

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Canaanitish

Similarly, the subsidence of the waters is extended in the Hebrew narrative to the middle of the “seventh month,” when the “latter rains” of the Canaanitish spring are over.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

The Canaanitish term Elion is a compound of Eli On, both titles of the Sun: hence the former is often joined with Aur, and Orus.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob

And this worship, he conceives, was introduced into Sardinia, with the symbols just described, by the Phœnician or Canaanitish immigrants.

From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Forester, Thomas

Gezer had been one of the leading cities of Palestine in the days of the Tel el-Amarna correspondence, and through all the years of Israelitish conquest it had remained in Canaanitish hands.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

And, in the Gospels, the Canaanitish woman appears as a representative of her nation, and as a proof the possibility, granted to them, of breaking through the fetters of the curse.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm