Biography simon the canaanite disciple
(Σίμων Καναναῖος, Sı́mōn Kananaı́os ; קנּאי, kannā'ı̄, "the Jealous (or Zealous) One"): One of the Twelve Apostles. This Simon was also named "the Canaanite" (Matthew ; Mark the King James Version) or "the Cananean" (Matthew ; Mark the Revised Version (British and American)) or "Zelotes" (Luke 6.