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  • adjective Of or pertaining to the Canaanites.

Etymologies

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Canaanite +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • The Phoenicians were of Semitic race, and of close kin to most of the so - called Canaanitish tribes.

    General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

  • The Canaanitish woman lives more happily without a name, than Herodias with one.

    Hydriotaphia, or Urn-burial 2007

  • They say the sect of the Brahmins is incontestably more ancient than that of the Jews; that it was not until a late period that the Jews could write in the Canaanitish language, since it was not until late that they established themselves in the little country of Canaan.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • The ancient Israelites -- some of the prophets, say -- were clearly aware of Canaanitish religion; and the apostle Paul said that he preached "Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to the Greeks" (I Corinthians 1: 23).

    Warranted Christian Belief 1932- 2000

  • And the sons of Simeon; Jem'u-el, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Sha'ul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

    Genesis 46. 1999

  • And the sons of Simeon; Jem'u-el, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Sha'ul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

    Exodus 6. 1999

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