Chanaan

American  

[key-nuhn, -ney-uhn] / ˈkeɪ nən, -neɪ ən /

noun

Douay Bible.

1. Canaan.

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Example Sentences

They accordingly asserted that the founder or creator was Hermes Trismegistus, whom some of them professed to identify with Chanaan, the son of Ham, whose son Mizraim first occupied and peopled Egypt.

From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)

And thei wenten to duelle in the lond of Chanaan, in a place, that is clept Sychem.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

Plutarch informs us that Egypt was sometimes called Chemia: this name is supposed to be derived from Chanaan.

From Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

But when a famine covered all the land of Chanaan they went down into Egypt, and the king of Egypt brought them low with labouring in brick and made them slaves.

From Judith, a play in three acts Founded on the Apocryphal Book of Judith by Bennett, Arnold

And when Joseph was come in to him, he said: God almighty apppeared to me at Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, and he blessed me, 48:4.

From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 01: Genesis The Challoner Revision by