the ,Canaanite, The. [Ca'naanite]
Used to designate Simon Zelotes, one of the twelve apostles; this name kananithj, Canaanite, is not the same as that of an inhabitant of Canaan, which in the LXX is kananaioj. That respecting Simon occurs in Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:18; by the other two Evangelists he is styled 'Zelotes,' and kananithj (in some copies kananaioj) is held to be from the Aramaic qana, 'to be zealous:' cf. Numbers 25:11, Numbers 1:25.