Χανάαν
See also: Χαναάν
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Χᾰνᾰᾰ́ν (Khanaán)
Etymology
Of unknown origin, cognate with Hebrew כְּנַעַן (k'ná'an).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.ná.an/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰaˈna.an/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xaˈna.an/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xaˈna.an/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xaˈna.an/
Proper noun
Χᾰνᾰ́ᾰν • (Khanáan) m or f (indeclinable)
- Canaan, a son of Ham in the Torah.
- Canaan, an ancient region corresponding to the Levant.
Inflection
Declension of ἡ Χᾰνᾰ́ᾰν; τῆς Χᾰνᾰ́ᾰν (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Χᾰνᾰ́ᾰν hē Khanáan | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Χᾰνᾰ́ᾰν tês Khanáan | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Χᾰνᾰ́ᾰν têi Khanáan | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Χᾰνᾰ́ᾰν tḕn Khanáan | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Χᾰνᾰ́ᾰν Khanáan | ||||||||||||
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Only the place name takes a definite article. Since the place name is feminine, it takes a feminine article.
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G5477 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979