Topic
Canaanites, The
54 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 12:6Smith · Torrey ABRAHAM — Had his faith tried by dwelling amongst
¶ And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
- Genesis 9:25Torrey An accursed race
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
- Genesis 9:26Torrey An accursed race
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
- Genesis 10:6Torrey Descended from Ham
¶ And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
- Genesis 10:15–18Torrey Different families of
¶ And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites…
- Genesis 10:18–20Smith
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah,…
- Genesis 10:19Torrey Possessions of, how bounded
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
- Genesis 12:1–5Torrey ABRAHAM — Called to dwell amongst
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a…
- Genesis 13:7Torrey ABRAHAM — Had his faith tried by dwelling amongst
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
- Genesis 13:14–17Torrey ABRAHAM — Was promised the country of, of inheritance
¶ And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to…
- Genesis 14:13Torrey Kind to the patriarchs
¶ And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
- Genesis 15:18Torrey ABRAHAM — Was promised the country of, of inheritance
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
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- Genesis 17:8 Torrey ABRAHAM — Was promised the country of, of inheritance
- Genesis 23:6 Torrey Kind to the patriarchs
- Exodus 3:17 Torrey Country of, fertile
- Exodus 15:15 Torrey Terrified at the approach of Israel
- Exodus 15:16 Torrey Terrified at the approach of Israel
- Exodus 23:24 Torrey ISRAEL COMMANDED — Not to follow idols of
- Leviticus 18:26 Torrey ISRAEL COMMANDED — Not to follow customs of
- Leviticus 18:27 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Profane and wicked
- Numbers 13:27 Torrey Country of, fertile
- Numbers 13:28 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Great and mighty
- Numbers 21:3 Smith
- Numbers 33:55 Torrey PART OF LEFT — To chastise Israel
- Deuteronomy 1:28 Torrey Had many strong cities
- Deuteronomy 7:1 Torrey Comprised seven distinct nations
- Deuteronomy 7:2 Torrey ISRAEL COMMANDED — To make no league with
- Deuteronomy 7:3 Torrey ISRAEL COMMANDED — Not to intermarry with
- Deuteronomy 7:5 Torrey ISRAEL COMMANDED — To destroy all vestiges of their idolatry
- Deuteronomy 7:17 Torrey Extremely numerous
- Deuteronomy 7:18 Torrey ISRAEL COMMANDED — Not to fear
- Deuteronomy 7:24 Torrey ISRAEL COMMANDED — To destroy, without mercy
- Deuteronomy 7:25 Torrey ISRAEL COMMANDED — Not to follow idols of
- Deuteronomy 9:4 Torrey Expelled for wickedness
- Deuteronomy 18:9–11 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Superstitious
- Deuteronomy 18:12 Torrey Expelled for wickedness
- Deuteronomy 29:17 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Idolatrous
- Deuteronomy 31:7 Torrey ISRAEL COMMANDED — Not to fear
- Joshua 2:9–11 Torrey Terrified at the approach of Israel
- Joshua 5:1 Torrey Terrified at the approach of Israel
- Joshua 10:1–11:23 Torrey Partially subdued by Israel
- Joshua 11:3 Smith
- Joshua 23:12 Torrey ISRAEL COMMANDED — Not to intermarry with
- Judges 1:1–36 Torrey Partially subdued by Israel
- Judges 2:2 Torrey ISRAEL COMMANDED — To make no league with
- Judges 2:3 Torrey PART OF LEFT — To chastise Israel
- Judges 2:19 Torrey Israel ensnared by
- Judges 2:21 Torrey PART OF LEFT — To try Israel
- Judges 2:22 Torrey PART OF LEFT — To try Israel
- Judges 3:1–4 Torrey PART OF LEFT — To try Israel
- Judges 4:2 Torrey PART OF LEFT — To chastise Israel
- Psalms 106:36–38 Torrey Israel ensnared by
- Matthew 15:22 Torrey Some descendants of, in our Lord's time
- Mark 7:26 Torrey Some descendants of, in our Lord's time
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
- A tribe which inhabited a particular locality of the land west of the Jordan before the conquest; and
- The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country.
- In (Genesis 10:18-20) the seats of the Canaanite tribe are given as on the seashore and in the Jordan valley; comp. (Joshua 11:3)
- Applied as a general name to the non-Israelite inhabitants of the land, as we have already seen was the case with "Canaan." Instances of this are, (Genesis 12:6; Numbers 21:3) The Canaanites were descendants of Canaan. Their language was very similar to the Hebrew. The Canaanites were probably given to commerce; and thus the name became probably in later times an occasional synonym for a merchant.
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 59 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Descended from Ham Ge 10:6
- An accursed race Ge 9:25,26
- Different families of Ge 10:15-18
- Comprised seven distinct nations De 7:1
- Possessions of, how bounded Ge 10:19
- Country of, fertile Ex 3:17; Nu 13:27
- DESCRIBED AS
- Great and mighty Nu 13:28; De 7:1
- Idolatrous De 29:17
- Superstitious De 18:9-11
- Profane and wicked Le 18:27
- Extremely numerous De 7:17
- Had many strong cities Nu 13:28; De 1:28
- Expelled for wickedness De 9:4; 18:12
- ABRAHAM
- Kind to the patriarchs Ge 14:13; 23:6
- ISRAEL COMMANDED
- Terrified at the approach of Israel Ex 15:15,16; Jos 2:9-11; 5:1
- Partially subdued by Israel Jos 10:1-11:23; Jud 1:1-36
- PART OF LEFT
- Israel ensnared by Jud 2:3,19; Ps 106:36-38
- Some descendants of, in our Lord's time Mt 15:22; Mr 7:26
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.