Strong H3794H3794Gכִּתִּי

Kittim

Transliteration: kittîy kittîyîy
Pronunciation: {kit-tee'} kit-tee-ee'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense

Definition

Someone descended from Kittim of the Greeks, first mentioned at Gen.10.4; descended from Javan (H3120); along with Elishah (H473), Tarshish (H8659) and Dodanim (H1721)

Meaning of the name

Chittim or Kittim = "bruisers"

General definition

Patrial from an unused name denoting Cyprus (only in the plural); a Kittite or Cypriote; hence an islander in {general} that {is} the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine: - {Chittim} Kittim.

In the biblical story

Kittim

Descendants of Javan, son of Japheth

Kittim, a descendant of Japheth, son of Noah (Gen.10.4; 1Ch.1.7).

In the Bible

Strong H3794G appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

kittim2

First verses

Genesis 10:4
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
1 Chronicles 1:7
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

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