The land which Abraham believed that God had promised to his children, and all their descendants.

According to the HB, the land which God promised to Abraham (Gen. 12, 15, 17) and which was given to the Israelites under Joshua after the Exodus from Egypt and wilderness wanderings; since the Roman period, this region has been called "Palestine."

an ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism

The name of the Land of Israel prior to its conquest and settlement by the People of Israel.

The geographical territory between the Mediterranean coast and the Jordan River that was claimed and occupied by the Hebrews; also called the Promised Land. See Introduction.

Canaan (Canaanite: כנען, , Greek: Χαναάν whence Latin: Canaan; and from Hebrew, Aramaic: whence ) is an ancient term for a region approximating to present-day Israel and the West Bank and Gaza, plus adjoining coastal lands and parts of Lebanon and Syria. The Hebrew Bible identifies Canaan with Lebanon — foremost with the coastal city of Sidon — but extends the "Land of Canaan" southward across Gaza to the "Brook of Egypt" and eastward to the Jordan Valley, thus including modern Israel with the Palestinian Territories. This southern area included various ethnic groups.