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Definition of Canaan

1. Noun. An ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism.

Definition of Canaan

1. Proper noun. An historic region of the Middle East, roughly equivalent to Palestine. ¹

2. Proper noun. (biblical character) A grandson of Noah. ¹

3. Proper noun. (qualifier rare) (Hebrew male given name) of biblical origin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canaan

Literary usage of Canaan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, Frank Martindale Webster, George Wiley Sherburn, Howard M. Jones (1918)
"TO Canaan!' A Song of the Six Hundred Thousand. Where are you going, soldiers, With banner, gun, ... We 're marching South to Canaan To battle for the Lord! ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"In the Old Testament the land is called Canaan (see Canaan, CanaanITES). The northern boundaries of this region were left undefined (Gen. x. ..."

3. A Condensed Anti-slavery Bible Argument by George Bourne (1845)
"As to Canaan himself, no part of the curse was ever inflicted upon him ... 26, Canaan was to become subject to Shem—and that according to Gen. xi. ..."

4. The Heroes and Crises of Early Hebrew History from the Creation to the Death by Charles Foster Kent (1908)
"I. The Natural Approach to Canaan. As has already been noted, two ways opened before the Hebrews as they departed from Egypt They chose the southern, ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1864)
"Where are you going, soldiers, With banner; gun, and sword T We're marching South to Canaan To battle for the Lord ! What Captain leads your armies Along ..."

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