Strong H2845חֵת
Heth
- Transliteration
- chêth
- Pronunciation
- khayth
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
From H2865; terror;
{Cheth} an aboriginal Canaanite: - Heth.
{Cheth} an aboriginal Canaanite: - Heth.
Meaning of the name
Heth = "terror"
Detailed definition
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 (H567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577); also called Hittite (KJV: "of Heth") frequently
Also named: chit.ti (חִתִּי "Hittite" H2850)
son of: Canaan (H3667);
brother of: Sidon (H6721), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577); also called Hittite (KJV: "of Heth") frequently
Also named: chit.ti (חִתִּי "Hittite" H2850)
In the biblical story
Heth
Son of Canaan and ancestor of the Hittites.
Heth was a son of Canaan and the ancestor of the Hittites, a prominent people group in the ancient Near East. (Gen.10.15; 23; 25.10; 27.46; 49.32; 1Ch.1.13)
In the Bible
Strong H2845 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- heth12
First verses
- Genesis 10:15And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
- Genesis 23:3And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
- Genesis 23:5And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
- Genesis 23:7And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
- Genesis 23:10And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
- Genesis 23:16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
- Genesis 23:18Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
- Genesis 23:20And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
- Genesis 25:10The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
- Genesis 27:46And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
- Genesis 49:32The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
- 1 Chronicles 1:13And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,