Quick Definition
Heth
Biblical Persons & Places
Heth
Man living at the time of the Patriarchs
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.15;
referred to as Heth or Hittite (KJV= "of Heth") (חֵת), or Hittite (חִתִּי);
son of Canaan;
a brother of Sidon, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.
Strong's Definition
Cheth, an aboriginal Canaanite
Derivation: from H2865 (חָתַת); terror;
KJV Usage: Heth.
TWOT Reference: 776
Outline of Biblical Usage
Heth = "terror"
1) a son of Canaan and the progenitor of the Hittites
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.15;
son of: Canaan (H3667);
brother of: Sidon (H6721), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577); also called Hittite (KJV: "of Heth") frequently
Also named: chit.ti (חִתִּי "Hittite" H2850)
§ Heth = "terror"
a son of Canaan and the progenitor of the Hittites
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֵת
chêth
BDB Definition:
Heth = terror
1) a son of Canaan and the progenitor of the Hittites
Part of Speech: noun proper masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2865
Same Word by TWOT Number: 776
Total KJV Occurrences: 14