Chittîy — H2850

H2850 · Hebrew — חתי

Pronunciation: khit-tee'

Definition

masculine patronymic noun

a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth

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

Usually translated as

Hittite, Hittities

Origin

patronymically from H2845

Occurrences

Chittîy occurs 46 times in 45 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (8), Exodus (7), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (6), Judges (2), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (8), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (2), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C