My six year old's name is Zander Cole, Although everyone loves the name I never can find anything with his name on it! I am 37.5 weeks with another boy and my fiance and I decided to give this one his middle name! So We came up with Canaan Levi, Does anyone know the meaning to Canaan! My brother who is very religous said that, that is where Jesus performes his first miracle by turning water into wine. in the land of Canaan! But my aunt (who tends to think she is never mistaken) Says that, that is where they punished people and they took them to the land of Canaan to suffer!! Lord knows I don't have any idea Any Help????
2006-06-23 17:29:22 · 4 answers · asked by Proud Moma!!! 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Canaan is not where they took people to be punished...i dont think so at least.
Canaan is the land where the israelites left egypt to go to. it was the promised land. the land of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. im not sure about where Jesus performed his first miracle though. i do know that Canaan was the promised land though.
thats a pretty cool name. but, if you call his nickname is Cain...well, Cain wasnt a very good person.
2006-06-23 17:35:57 · answer #1 · answered by Jen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the dictionary:
An ancient region made up of Palestine or the part of it between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. In the Bible it is the Promised Land of the Israelites.
Encyclopedia:
1 According to biblical ethnography, Canaan was the son of Ham and the ancestor for whom the Canaanites were named.
2 Territory, the same as ancient Palestine, lying between the Jordan, the Dead Sea, and the Mediterranean and sometimes including Transjordan. It was the Promised Land of the Israelites, and after their delivery from Egypt they subjugated it. The land held a number of pre-Israelite peoples listed in several passages in the Bible. See Ugarit; Asherah; Baal; Philistia; Phoenicia.
WordNet:
Meaning #1: an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
Wikipedia had a VERY long answer. I've included a page that lists all of them. Hope it helps!
2006-06-27 10:58:13 · answer #2 · answered by c2gardner 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.crystalinks.com/canaan.html
2006-06-23 17:34:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poor kid.
2006-06-23 17:36:57 · answer #4 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋