Canaanite
Pre-Israelite Levantine inhabitant
A Canaanite was an inhabitant of Canaan, the ancient region roughly corresponding to modern Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and parts of Syria and Jordan.
The term appears frequently in the Hebrew Bible, where Canaanites are the peoples displaced by the Israelites.
In biblical and archaeological contexts, Canaanite describes the Semitic languages, religions, and cultures of this region before Israelite dominance: Canaanite religious practices, Canaanite script.
Stylus-impressed ancient script
- AkkadianAncient Semitic Mesopotamian language
- SemiticOf Hebrew or Arabic peoples
- Proto-SinaiticFirst alphabetic script
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
tablets · consonantal · loanwords · Northwest Semitic · scribes · clay tablets
Eastern Mediterranean coastal region
- PhoeniciaAncient Levantine trading civilization
- TyreHistoric Phoenician maritime center
- JerichoAncient walled Palestinian city
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
coastal plains · hill country · trade routes · city-states · tells · Gaza
Ancient Canaanite deity
- AttarPersian mystical poet
- high placesElevated locations above ground
- fertility cultsWorship of reproductive abundance
- storm godDeity ruling tempests
Ancient Levantine maritime civilization
- AmoritesAncient Semitic people
- MoabitesAncient Semitic tribe
- AmmonitesAncient Semitic tribe east of Jordan
- PhilistinesAncient Canaanite coastal tribe
Israelites · Hittites · Semites · tribes · clans · indigenous · conquered · displaced
Defeating and seizing control
- promised landHoped-for place of fulfillment
- idolatryVeneration of false gods
- abominationLoathsome, detestable thing
- JoshuaBiblical military leader
Judges · forbidden · cursed · dispossession · intermarriage · high places · graven images · covenant
Act of unearthing
- potteryFired clay objects
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
tablets · cuneiform · amphorae · ceramics · burials · ruins · settlements · scarabs
cuneiform
Stylus-impressed ancient script
- AkkadianAncient Semitic Mesopotamian language
- SemiticOf Hebrew or Arabic peoples
- Proto-SinaiticFirst alphabetic script
inscriptions · tablets · consonantal · loanwords · Northwest Semitic · scribes · clay tablets
Levant
Eastern Mediterranean coastal region
- PhoeniciaAncient Levantine trading civilization
- TyreHistoric Phoenician maritime center
- JerichoAncient walled Palestinian city
Mediterranean · coastal plains · hill country · trade routes · city-states · tells · Gaza
Baal
Ancient Canaanite deity
- AttarPersian mystical poet
- high placesElevated locations above ground
- fertility cultsWorship of reproductive abundance
Phoenicians
Ancient Levantine maritime civilization
- AmoritesAncient Semitic people
- MoabitesAncient Semitic tribe
- AmmonitesAncient Semitic tribe east of Jordan
Philistines · Israelites · Hittites · Semites · tribes · clans · indigenous · conquered · displaced · assimilated
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
- promised landHoped-for place of fulfillment
- idolatryVeneration of false gods
- abominationLoathsome, detestable thing
Joshua · Judges · forbidden · cursed · dispossession · intermarriage · high places · graven images · covenant · chosen people
excavation
Act of unearthing
- potteryFired clay objects
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
inscriptions · tablets · cuneiform · amphorae · ceramics · burials · ruins · settlements · scarabs · seals
- Biblical PeoplesIsraelites, Israelite, Hebrews, Hebrew, Jews
- PhoeniciaTyre, Phoenicians, Carthage, Tyrian purple, cedar wood
- Semitic LanguagesHebrew, Hebrew alphabet, Arabic, Aramaic, Amharic
- Afroasiatic LanguagesArabic, Hebrew, Amharic, Somali, Berber
- Canaanite LanguagesHebrew, Punic, Moabite, Modern Hebrew
- Semitic studiesHebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, Akkadian, Ethiopic
CanaaniteIsraelite
Biblical covenant people member
Israelites · Hebrew · Hebrews · chosen people · Jew