חֵתChêth
proper name, masculine: apparently represented as ancestor of the Hittites (Genesis 10:15; 1 Chronicles 1:13)
Pronunciation: khayth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2845
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 10:15 Canaan’s oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,
- Genesis 23:3 Then, leaving her body, he said to the Hittite elders,
- Genesis 23:5 The Hittites replied to Abraham,
- Genesis 23:7 Then Abraham bowed low before the Hittites
- Genesis 23:10 Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of the town.
- Genesis 23:16 So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and paid the amount he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).