Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Canaan, the Land of

(lit. lowland), a name denoting the country west of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, and between those waters and the Mediterranean; given by God to Abraham’s posterity, the children of Israel. (Exodus 6:4; Leviticus 25:38) [PALESTINA AND PALESTINE]

Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.