Strong's Greek Concordance

G2581: Κανανίτης

Kananítēs · “Zealot”

Definition

zealous; Cananites, an epithet

KJV translates it as: Canaanite (by mistake for a derivative from G5477 (Χαναάν))

Word origin: of Chaldee origin (compare H7067);

Extended definition

Καναναῖος, -ου, ὁ
(late Heb. קָנָא),
a Cananæan or Zealot (cf. ζηλωτής): Mat.10:4, Mrk.3:18 (Rec. -νίτης).†
(AS)

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How G2581 is translated

  • zealot ×2

Bible verses with G2581 (Kananítēs)

Kananítēs appears in 2 verses.

  • Matthew 10:4

    Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

  • Mark 3:18

    And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,