How to Pronounce Cananaean

KAY-nuh-NEE-uhn

Cananaean is pronounced KAY-nuh-NEE-uhn: four syllables, stress on the first and third.

What is Cananaean?

Cananaean is the epithet given in some translations to Simon the Cananaean, one of the twelve apostles, whom the King James Version calls Simon the Canaanite and Luke calls Simon Zelotes, distinguishing him from Simon Peter.

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