Strong H3794H3794Hכִּתִּי
Cyprus
One of the 2 senses of Strong H3794
- Transliteration
- kittîy kittîyîy
- Pronunciation
- {kit-tee'} kit-tee-ee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
Cyprus, also referred to as Kittim and Elishah, was an island in the Mediterranean Sea that played a significant role in the spread of early Christianity.
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
Cyprus
Island in the Mediterranean Sea; early Christian community
Cyprus, also referred to as Kittim and Elishah, was an island in the Mediterranean Sea that played a significant role in the spread of early Christianity.
In the Bible
Strong H3794H appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- chittim6
First verses
- Numbers 24:24And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
- Isaiah 23:1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
- Isaiah 23:12And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
- Jeremiah 2:10For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
- Ezekiel 27:6Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
- Daniel 11:30For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.