Cā'naan-īte, n.
n. 1. A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah; or one inhabiting the land of Canaan and adjoining districts.
Sense 2. [From an Aramaic word signifying zeal.] A zealot. “Simon the Canaanite.” Matt. x. 4.
This was the “Simon called Zelotes” (Luke vi. 15), i. e., Simon the zealot. Kitto.