Person
Canaan
Also called Canaanites, Canaanite
Mentioned in 84 verses across 12 books, first in Ezekiel 16:3. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In these stories
In the Bible
All 2 verses in Ezekiel, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 16:3
and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
- Ezekiel 16:29
So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!
Events
Events the dataset lists Canaan as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 2346 BCNoah gets drunk and Canaan is cursed
- c. 1451 BCWar with Canaanites
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
The fourth son of Ham (Gen. 10:6). His descendants were under a curse in consequence of the transgression of his father (9:22-27). His eldest son, Zidon, was the father of the Sidonians and Phoenicians. He had eleven sons, who were the founders of as many tribes (10:15-18).