Woman of Canaan; for the Zidonians were descended from Canaan, Genesis 10:15. By Mark 7:26, she is also called a Greek, as being a Gentile in her religion; and a Syrophoenician, as belonging to the Syrian Phoenicia, as distinguished from the Libyan Phoenicia of Africa. The Evangelists dwell on her gentile descent, because this was made prominent in our Lord's answer to her.

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