Bible Dictionary

Canaanite

A name given to the apostle Simon (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18). The word here does not, however, mean a descendant of Canaan, but is a translation, or rather almost a transliteration, of the Syriac word K…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

A name given to the apostle Simon (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18). V. rendered “Cananaen”), which designates the Jewish sect of the Zealots. , Simon of the sect of the Zealots.