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G2580 Κανᾶ (Kanâ)
Greek
Proper noun, Indeclinable
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Cana

Strong's Definition

Cana, a place in Palestine

Derivation: of Hebrew origin (compare H07071);

KJV Usage: Cana

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Κανά (Κανά WH; cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 103; Winer's Grammar, § 6, 1 m.), ἡ (Buttmann, 21 (19)), Cana, indeclinable (Winer's Grammar, 61 (60); but dative Κανά Rec.st in Joh_2:1; Joh_2:11), proper name of a village of Galilee about three hours distant from Nazareth toward the northwest, surviving at present in a place (partly uninhabited and partly ruinous) called Kana el-Jelil; cf. Robinson, Biblical Researches, ii. 346f; also his Later Biblical Researches, p. 108; cf. Ewald, Gesch. Christus as above with, p. 147 (1st edition); Rüetschi in Herzog vii. 234; (Porter in Alex.'s Kitto under the word. Several recent writers are inclined to reopen the question of the identification of Cana; see e. g. B. D. American edition under the word; Zeller, in Quart. Statem. of Palest. Expl. Fund, No. iii., p. 71f; Arnaud, Palestine, p. 412f; Conder, Tent Work etc. i. 150f) Joh_2:1; Joh_2:11; Joh_4:46; Joh_21:2. STRONGS NT 2580a: ΚαναναῖοςΚαναναῖος L T Tr WH in Mat_10:4 and Mar_3:18 (for R G Κανανίτης, which see); according to the interpretation of Bleek (Erklär. d. drei ersten Evv. i., p. 417), et al. a native of Cana (see Κανά); but then it ought to be written Καναιος. The reading Καναναῖος seems to be a clerical error occasioned by the preceding Θαδδαῖος (or Λεββαῖος); cf. Fritzsche on Mat_10:4. (But (αιος is a common ending of the Grecized form of names of sects (cf. Ἀσσιδαιος, Φαρισαῖος, Σαδδουκαῖος, Ἐσσαιος). Hence, the word is probably derived from the Aramaic χΗπΐΰΘο (see next word) and corresponds to ζηλωτής, which see (cf. Luk_6:15; Act_1:13). See Lightfoot Fresh Revision etc., p. 138f.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Κανά Kana 4x indecl. Cana, a town in Galilee, Joh_2:1 ; Joh_2:11 ; Joh_4:46 ; Joh_21:2 *. See PhotoGuide. Καναναῖος Kananaios 2x a Canaanite, Mat_10:4 ; Mar_3:18

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Κανά ( Rec. -νᾶ ), ἡ , indecl ., Cana , of Galilee: Joh_2:1 ; Joh_2:11 ; Joh_4:46 ; Joh_21:2 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Κανά [page 320] See F. C. Burkitt Syriac Forms , pp. 181., 22 .

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

Κανά (Rec. -νᾶ), ἡ, indecl., Cana, of Galilee: Jhn.2:1, 11 4:46 21:2.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (4)

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