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Strong's G5478 Χανααναῖος (chanaanaios)

Chanaanaios means “of Canaan” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5478 — cuchah (“torn”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5478
Language Greek
Linked Usages 68
Books 16

Strong's G5478 Quick Answer

Strong's G5478 Χανααναίος (Chanaanaios) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. Chanaanaios (khan-ah-an-ai'-os) adj/g. 1. a Chanaanoean (i.e. Kenaanite), or native of gentile Israel [from G5477] It has 68 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include canaan. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
Chanaanaios (khan-ah-an-ai'-os) adj/g. 1. a Chanaanoean (i.e. Kenaanite), or native of gentile Israel [from G5477]
Usage
68 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
canaan

Meaning and Definition

Chanaanaios (khan-ah-an-ai'-os) adj/g. 1. a Chanaanoean (i.e. Kenaanite), or native of gentile Israel [from G5477] KJV: of Canaan Root(s): G5477

Original Word
Χανααναίος
Transliteration
Chanaanaios
Derivation
Root: Χαναάν R1: 5477
Morphology
adjective/g.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5478. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G5478 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Chanaanaios, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Canaan Matthew 15:22

How Strong's G5478 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 65 linked usages.
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In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5478 (Χανααναίος) appears 70 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5478 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G5478 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Matthew 15:22 KJV

And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

Strong's G5478 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

65 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 10:18 Septuagint / Brenton

and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and after this the tribes of the Canaanites were dispersed.

Genesis 10:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And the boundaries of the Canaanites were from Sidon till one comes to Gerar and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Genesis 12:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Shechem, to the high oak, and the Canaanites then inhabited the land.

Strong's G5478 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 8:66 Septuagint / Brenton

threescore and twelve lambs, goats for a peace offering, twelve; all of them a sacrifice to the Lord.

Judith 5:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And they cast forth before them the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Shechemite, and all the Girgashites, and they dwelt in that country many days.

Usage Excerpts

First 68 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5478.

Genesis 10:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and after this the tribes of the Canaanites were dispersed.
Genesis 10:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the boundaries of the Canaanites were from Sidon till one comes to Gerar and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Genesis 12:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Shechem, to the high oak, and the Canaanites then inhabited the land.
Genesis 13:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle, and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle, and the Canaanites and the Perizzites then inhabited the land.
Genesis 15:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Genesis 24:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I will adjure thee by the Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites, with whom I dwell, in the midst of them.
Genesis 24:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my master caused me to swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I sojourn in their land.
Genesis 34:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both among the Canaanites and the Perizzites, and I am few in number; they will gather themselves against me and cut me in pieces, and I shall be utterly destroyed, and my house.
Genesis 36:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Esau took to himself wives of the daughters of the Canaanites; Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah, daughter of Anah the son of Zibeon, the Hivite;
Genesis 38:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah saw there the daughter of a Canaanitish man, whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in to her.
Exodus 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, and to bring them into a good and wide land, into a land flowing with milk and honey, into the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Girgashites, and Hivites, and Jebusites.
Exodus 3:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of the Egyptians to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites, and Amorites and Perizzites, and Girgashites, and Hivites, and Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.
Exodus 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I established my covenant with them, to give them the land of the Canaanites, the land wherein they sojourned, in which also they dwelt as strangers.
Exodus 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and Amorites, and Hivites, and Jebusites, and Girgashites, and Perizzites, which he swore to thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt perform this service in this month.
Exodus 13:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass when the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
Exodus 23:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For my angel shall go as thy leader, and shall bring thee to the Amorite, and Hittite, and Perizzite, and Canaanite, and Girgashite, and Hivite, and Jebusite, and I will destroy them.
Exodus 23:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will send hornets before thee, and thou shalt cast out the Amorites and the Hivites, and the Canaanites and the Hittites from thee.
Exodus 34:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Do thou take heed to all things whatsoever I command thee: behold, I cast out before your face the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite, and the Hittite, and Hivite, and Girgashite and Jebusite:
Leviticus 14:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whensoever ye shall enter into the land of the Canaanites, which I give you for a possession, and I shall put the plague of leprosy in the houses of the land of your possession;
Numbers 13:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Send for thee men, and let them spy the land of the Canaanites, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession; one man for a tribe, thou shalt send them away according to their families, every one of them a prince.
Numbers 13:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Amalek dwells in the land toward the south: and the Hittite and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwells in the hill country: and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and by the river Jordan.
Numbers 14:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Amalek and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: tomorrow turn and depart for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.
Numbers 14:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For Amalek and the Canaanite are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; because ye have disobeyed the Lord and turned aside, and the Lord will not be among you.
Numbers 14:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Amalek and the Canaanite that dwelt in that mountain came down, and routed them, and destroyed them unto Hormah; and they returned to the camp.
Deuteronomy 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Turn ye and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and go to all that dwell near about Arabah, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Canaanites near the sea, and Antilebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
Deuteronomy 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land, into which thou goest to possess it, and shall remove great nations from before thee, the Hittite, and Girgashite, and Amorite, and Canaanite, and Perizzite, and Hivite, and Jebusite, seven nations more numerous and stronger than you,
Deuteronomy 20:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but ye shall surely curse them, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite; as the Lord thy God commanded thee:
Joshua 3:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and will utterly destroy from before our face the Canaanite, and the Hittite and Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
Joshua 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land hear it, they shall compass us round and destroy us from off the land: and what wilt thou do for thy great name?
Joshua 9:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the kings of the Amorites on the other side of Jordan, who were in the mountain country, and in the plain, and in all the coast of the great sea, and those who were near Antilebanon, and the Hittites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Amorites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites, heard of it,
Joshua 11:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and to the Canaanites on the coast eastward, and to the Amorites on the coast, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the mountain, and the Hivites, and those dwelling under Mount Hermon in the land Mizpah.
Joshua 12:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
in the mountain, and in the plain, and in Arabah, and in Asedoth, and in the wilderness, and Negeb; the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Joshua 13:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this is the land that is left: the borders of the Philistines, the Geshurite, and the Canaanite,
Joshua 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
from the wilderness before Egypt, as far as the borders of Ekron on the left of the Canaanites the land is reckoned to the five principalities of the Philistines, to the inhabitant of Gaza, and of Ashdod, and of Ashkelon, and of Gath, and of Ekron, and to the Avvim;
Joshua 13:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the children of Israel destroyed not the Geshurite and the Maacathite and the Canaanite; and the king of the Geshurite and the Maacathite dwelt among the children of Israel until this day.
Joshua 16:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ephraim did not destroy the Canaanite who dwelt in Gezer; and the Canaanite dwelt in Ephraim until this day, until Pharaoh the king of Egypt went up and took it, and burned it with fire; and the Canaanites, and Perizzites, and the dwellers in Gaza they destroyed, and Pharaoh gave them for a dowry to his daughter.
Joshua 17:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Manasseh were not able to destroy these cities; and the Canaanite began to dwell in that land.
Joshua 17:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass that when the children of Israel were strong, they made the Canaanites subject, but they did not utterly destroy them.
Joshua 17:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, The mount of Ephraim does not please us, and the Canaanite dwelling in it in Beth-shean, and in its villages, and in the Valley of Jezreel, has choice cavalry and iron.
Joshua 17:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thou shalt have the wood, for there is a wood, and thou shalt clear it, and the land shall be thine; even when thou shalt have utterly destroyed the Canaanite, for he has chosen cavalry; yet thou art stronger than he.
Joshua 24:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye crossed over Jordan, and came to Jericho; and the inhabitants of Jericho fought against us, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Lord delivered them into our hands.
Judges 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel inquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?
Judges 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah said to his brother Simeon, Come up with me into my lot, and let us array ourselves against the Canaanites, and I also will go with thee into thy lot: and Simeon went with him.
Judges 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah went up; and the Lord delivered the Canaanite and the Perizzite into their hands, and they smote them in Bezek to the number of ten thousand men.
Judges 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they overtook Adoni-bezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they smote the Canaanite and the Perizzite.
Judges 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight with the Canaanite dwelling in the hill country, and the south, and the plain country.
Judges 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah went to the Canaanite who dwelt in Hebron; and Hebron came out against him; and the name of Hebron before was Kiriath-arba-sepher: and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, children of Anak.
Judges 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and smote the Canaanite that inhabited Zephath, and they utterly destroyed them; and they called the name of the city Anathema.
Judges 1:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, which is a city of Scythians, nor her towns, nor her suburbs; nor Taanach, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor her towns; nor the inhabitant of Balac, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Megiddo, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Ibleam, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; and the Canaanite began to dwell in this land.
Judges 1:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Canaanite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.
Judges 1:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanite that dwelt in Gezer; and the Canaanite dwelt in the midst of him in Gezer, and became tributary.
Judges 1:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Domana: and the Canaanite dwelt in the midst of them, and became tributary to them.
Judges 1:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Asher dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite who inhabited the land, for he could not drive him out.
Judges 1:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; and Naphtali dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite who inhabited the land: but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributary to them.
Judges 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The five lordships of the Philistines, and every Canaanite, and the Sidonian, and the Hivite who dwelt in Lebanon from the mount of Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
Judges 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel dwelt in the midst of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
2 Kingdoms 23:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the names of the mighty men of David: Josheb-basshebeth the Canaanite is a captain of the third part: Adinon the Asonite, he drew his sword against eight hundred soldiers at once.
2 Kingdoms 24:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came to Mapsar of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivite and the Canaanite: and they came by the south of Judah to Beersheba.
Nehemiah 9:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
Nehemiah 9:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
Proverbs 31:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
She makes fine linens, And sells girdles to the Canaanites: She opens her mouth heedfully and with propriety, And controls her tongue.
Hosea 4:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has chosen the Canaanites: they have grievously gone a-whoring: they have loved dishonor through her insolence.
Obadiah 1:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this shall be the domain of the captivity of the children of Israel, the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem shall inherit as far as Sepharad; they shall inherit the cities of the south.
Zechariah 11:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be broken in that day; and the Canaanites, the sheep that are kept for me, shall know that it is the word of the Lord.
Zechariah 14:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holy to the Lord Almighty: and all that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and shall seethe meat in them: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord Almighty.
Matthew 15:22 New Testament, KJV
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
1 Esdras 8:66 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
threescore and twelve lambs, goats for a peace offering, twelve; all of them a sacrifice to the Lord.
Judith 5:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And they cast forth before them the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Shechemite, and all the Girgashites, and they dwelt in that country many days.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5478, grouped by book.

Genesis 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G5478 FAQ

What does chanaanaios (Χανααναῖος) mean?

Chanaanaios (Strong's G5478) is a Greek word most simply glossed "of Canaan". Chanaanaios (khan-ah-an-ai'-os) adj/g. 1. a Chanaanoean (i.e. Kenaanite), or native of gentile Israel [from G5477]

How many times is chanaanaios (Χανααναῖος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 68 linked usages for Strong's G5478 across 16 books.

Where can I study chanaanaios (Χανααναῖος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5478 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate chanaanaios (Χανααναῖος)?

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Does Strong's G5478 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 65 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5478, with linked reader references where each row is available.