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 Kanenyeh (Revised Version rendered “Cananaen”), which designates the Jewish sect of the Zealots. Hence he is called elsewhere (Luke 6:15) “Simon Zelotes;” i.e., Simon of the sect of the Zealots.

ALSO SEE:

• Simon
• Canaanites
• zealots