The meaning of “חִתִּי”
Understanding Chittîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
patronymically from חֵת Hittite, Hittities. - § Hittite = "descendant of Heth" - a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth 1) t...
חִתִּי
patronymically from חֵת Hittite, Hittities. - § Hittite = "descendant of Heth" - a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth 1) the nation descended from Heth, the 2nd son of Canaan; once inhabitants of central Anatolia (modern Turkey), later in north Lebanon
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 36:2 | “Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;” Word: חִתִּי (Chittîy) | |
| Deuteronomy 20:17 | “But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:” Word: חִתִּי (Chittîy) | |
| 1 Samuel 26:6 | “Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.” Word: חִתִּי (Chittîy) | |
| 2 Kings 7:6 | “For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.” Word: חִתִּי (Chittîy) | |
| Ezra 9:1 | “Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.” Word: חִתִּי (Chittîy) |