Crossword-Solution: CANAANITE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Canaanite | n. | A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah. |
| Canaanite | n. | A Native or inhabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. |
| Canaanite | n. | A zealot. |
We have 13 clues for the answer “CANAANITE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Hebrew or Phoenician | 1 answer |
| Inhabitant of ancient Palestine | 1 answer |
| Language group including Hebrew | 1 answer |
| NONJEWISH Canaan inhabitant | 1 answer |
| Palestinian of old | 1 answer |
| Palestinian of yore | 1 answer |
| Simon the Zealot, e.g. | 1 answer |
| Language of ancient Syria | 2 answers |
| ancient name Syria | 10 answers |
| Ancient Palestinian ascetic | 10 answers |
| ancient name Palestine | 10 answers |
| Ancient Palestinian | 11 answers |
| ANCIENT SYRIA | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with CANAANITE (5)
SAINT CHRISTOPHER A GOLDEN LEGEND ENGLISHED BY WILLIAM CAXTON (ADAPTED) Christopher was a Canaanite, and he was of a right great stature, twelve cubits in height, and had a terrible countenance.
This hurling Olympian gesture smote the street; the rails of the car-track sprang and quivered with the shock; it thundered, and, amid the dumfounding uproar of the wrath of a god, the Will of the Canaanite Jove wrote the words in fiery letters upon the ether: "CEASE TO BE!" Joe did not go in to shake hands with Judge Pike.
That in Genesis xii:6, the historian, after narrating that Abraham journeyed through the and of Canaan, adds, "and the Canaanite was then in the land," thus clearly excluding the time at which he wrote.
Though he was well aware of the corruption of the generations of Canaan, he permitted passion to get the better of him, and took a Canaanite to wife.
Thus did I disclose the commands of the Lord and the mysteries of my father Jacob to the Canaanite woman Bath-shua, though God had forbidden me to betray them.
Quotes with CANAANITE (2)
So whom does God wrong in commanding the destruction of the Canaanites? Not the Canaanite adults, for they were corrupt and deserving of judgment. Not the children, for they inherit eternal life. So who is wronged? Ironically, I think the most difficult part of this whole debate is the apparent wrong done to the Israeli soldiers themselves. Can you imagine what it would be like to have to break into some house and kill a terrified woman and her children? The brutalising effec…
By setting such strong, harsh dichotomies God taught Israel that any assimilation to pagan idolatry is intolerable. It was His way of preserving Israel’s spiritual health and posterity. God knew that if these Canaanite children were allowed to live, they would spell the undoing of Israel. The killing of the Canaanite children not only served to prevent assimilation to Canaanite identity but also served as a shattering, tangible illustration of Israel’s being set exclusively apart for God.
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Appears in: LAT, NYT, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1989–2019).