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H2850 חִתִּי (Chittîy) khit-tee'
Hebrew
Noun
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Quick Definition

Hittite

Strong's Definition

a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth

Derivation: patronymically from H2845 (חֵת);

KJV Usage: Hittite, Hittities.

TWOT Reference: 776a

Outline of Biblical Usage

Hittite = "descendant of Heth"
1) the nation descended from Heth, the 2nd son of Canaan; once inhabitants of central Anatolia (modern Turkey), later in north Lebanon

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

Someone descended from Heth who was 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 Group of chet (חֵת "Heth" H2845) § Hittite = "descendant of Heth" the nation descended from Heth, the 2nd son of Canaan; once inhabitants of central Anatolia (modern Turkey), later in north Lebanon

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חִתִּי chittý̂y BDB Definition: Hittite = descendant of Heth 1) the nation descended from Heth, the 2nd son of Canaan; once inhabitants of central Anatolia (modern Turkey), later in north Lebanon Part of Speech: noun patrial masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2845 Same Word by TWOT Number: 776a Total KJV Occurrences: 48

Bible Occurrences (47)

7:6
9:1
9:8

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