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Strong's H3669 כְּנַעַנִי (kenaani)

Kenaani means “Canaanite” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3669 — homoiosis (“similitude”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3669
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 72
Books 17

Strong's H3669 Quick Answer

Strong's H3669 כְּנַעַנִי (Kna`aniy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Kna`aniy (ken-ah-an-ee') adj. 1. a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan 2. (by implication) a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans) It has 72 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include canaanites, inhabitants, canaanite, among, and woman. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Kna`aniy (ken-ah-an-ee') adj. 1. a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan 2. (by implication) a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)
Usage
72 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
canaanites, inhabitants, canaanite, among, and woman

Meaning and Definition

Kna`aniy (ken-ah-an-ee') adj. 1. a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan 2. (by implication) a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans) [patrial from H3667] KJV: Canaanite, merchant, trafficker. Root(s): H3667

Original Word
כְּנַעַנִי
Transliteration
Kna`aniy
Derivation
First root strongs: 3667
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3669. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Canaanite

Usage: Group of ke.na.an (כְּנַ֫עַן "Canaan" H3667A) § Canaanite, of Cana "zealous" adj descendant or inhabitant of Canaan

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How Strong's H3669 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Kna`aniy, 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.

Canaanites Exodus 3:8 39× inhabitants Joshua 7:9 Canaanite Genesis 12:6 among Genesis 34:30 woman Genesis 46:10

How Strong's H3669 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old 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 Old Testament with 72 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3669 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 H3669 in the Old Testament

72 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 10:18 KJV

And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Genesis 10:19 KJV

And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

Genesis 12:6 KJV

And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Usage Excerpts

First 72 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3669.

Genesis 10:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
Genesis 10:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
Genesis 12:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Genesis 13:7 Old Testament, KJV
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
Genesis 15:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Genesis 24:3 Old Testament, KJV
And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Genesis 24:37 Old Testament, KJV
And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
Genesis 34:30 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
Genesis 38:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
Genesis 46:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
Genesis 50:11 Old Testament, KJV
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
Exodus 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Exodus 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
Exodus 6:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.
Exodus 13:5 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
Exodus 13:11 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
Exodus 23:23 Old Testament, KJV
For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
Exodus 23:28 Old Testament, KJV
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
Exodus 33:2 Old Testament, KJV
And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
Exodus 34:11 Old Testament, KJV
Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Numbers 13:29 Old Testament, KJV
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
Numbers 14:25 Old Testament, KJV
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
Numbers 14:43 Old Testament, KJV
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.
Numbers 14:45 Old Testament, KJV
Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
Numbers 21:1 Old Testament, KJV
And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
Numbers 21:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
Numbers 33:40 Old Testament, KJV
And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
Deuteronomy 7:1 Old Testament, KJV
When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
Deuteronomy 11:30 Old Testament, KJV
Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
Deuteronomy 20:17 Old Testament, KJV
But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
Joshua 3:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
Joshua 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
Joshua 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
Joshua 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
Joshua 11:3 Old Testament, KJV
And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
Joshua 12:8 Old Testament, KJV
In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
Joshua 13:3 Old Testament, KJV
From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
Joshua 13:4 Old Testament, KJV
From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
Joshua 16:10 Old Testament, KJV
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
Joshua 17:12 Old Testament, KJV
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Joshua 17:13 Old Testament, KJV
Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive them out.
Joshua 17:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
Joshua 17:18 Old Testament, KJV
But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
Joshua 24:11 Old Testament, KJV
And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
Judges 1:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
Judges 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.
Judges 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
Judges 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
Judges 1:9 Old Testament, KJV
And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
Judges 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
Judges 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.
Judges 1:27 Old Testament, KJV
Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Judges 1:28 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
Judges 1:29 Old Testament, KJV
Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Judges 1:30 Old Testament, KJV
Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
Judges 1:32 Old Testament, KJV
But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
Judges 1:33 Old Testament, KJV
Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.
Judges 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
Judges 3:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
2 Samuel 24:7 Old Testament, KJV
And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.
1 Kings 9:16 Old Testament, KJV
For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
1 Chronicles 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
Ezra 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Nehemiah 9:8 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Job 41:6 Old Testament, KJV
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
Proverbs 31:24 Old Testament, KJV
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Isaiah 23:8 Old Testament, KJV
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
Ezekiel 16:3 Old Testament, KJV
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
Obadiah 1:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
Zechariah 14:21 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3669, grouped by book.

Genesis 11 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 9 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 7 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 14 usages, Old Testament
Judges 15 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3669 FAQ

What does kenaani (כְּנַעַנִי) mean?

Kenaani (Strong's H3669) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Canaanite". Kna`aniy (ken-ah-an-ee') adj. 1. a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan 2. (by implication) a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)

How many times is kenaani (כְּנַעַנִי) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 72 linked usages for Strong's H3669 across 17 books.

Where can I study kenaani (כְּנַעַנִי) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3669 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate kenaani (כְּנַעַנִי)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as canaanites, inhabitants, canaanite, among, and woman. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.