H3794 - כִּתִּי (Kittîy)

H3794 כִּתִּי (Kittîy) kit-tee'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

or Kittiyiy {kit-tee-ee'}; patrial from an unused name denoting Cyprus (only in the plural); a Kittite or Cypriote; hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine

KJV Usage: Chittim, Kittim

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כִּתִּי (kit.ti) — Kittim. Someone descended from Kittim of the Greeks, first mentioned at Gen.10.4; descended from Javan (H3120); along with Elishah (H0473), Tarshish (H8659) and Dodanim (H1721) § Chittim or Kittim = "bruisers" 1) a general term for all islanders of the Mediterranean Sea 2) the descendants of Javan, the son of Japheth and grandson of Noah

כִּתִּי (kit.ti) — Cyprus.

§ Chittim or Kittim = "bruisers" a general term for all islanders of the Mediterranean Sea

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

כִּתִּיִּים (H3794)

name

Names of Groups

Kittim = nation regarded as descendants of Javan, son of Japheth, possibly to be identified with Greece

GEN 10:4 · NUM 24:24 · 1CH 1:7 · ISA 23:1 · ISA 23:12 · JER 2:10 · EZK 27:6 · DAN 11:30

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[כִּתִּי] adj.gent. alw. pl.; usu. as n.gent. = Cypriotes base