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Lexicon :: Strong's H2845 - ḥēṯ

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חֵת
Transliteration
ḥēṯ
Pronunciation
khayth
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 776

Strong’s Definitions

חֵת Chêth, khayth; from H2865; terror; Cheth, an aboriginal Canaanite:—Heth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H2845 in the following manner: Heth (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H2845 in the following manner: Heth (14x).

  1. Heth = "terror"

    1. a son of Canaan and the progenitor of the Hittites

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵת Chêth, khayth; from H2865; terror; Cheth, an aboriginal Canaanite:—Heth.
STRONGS H2845: Abbreviations
† חֵת proper name, masculine apparently represented as ancestor of the Hittites (etymology and meaning unknown; pronounced as from √ ע״ע in Hebrew & Assyrian, but not Egyptian; see חִתִּי below) — 'begotten' by Canaan Genesis 10:15 (J)＝1 Chronicles 1:13; elsewhere only in combination with בְּנֵי, בְּנוֺת;
a. בְּנֵיחֵֿת according to P lived at Mamre (Hebron), and one of them sold Abraham the cave of Machpelah for a sepulchre Genesis 23:3, 5, 10 (twice in verse); Genesis 23:16, 18, 20; Genesis 25:10; Genesis 49:32.
b. בְּנוֺת(ֿ)חֵת only of wives of Esau Genesis 27:46 (twice in verse) (P; Greek Version of the LXX omits Genesis 27:46b; || בְּנוֺת הָאָרֶץ＝בְּנוֺת כְּנָ֑עַן Genesis 28:1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:15; 23:3; 23:5; 23:10; 23:16; 23:18; 23:20; 25:10; 27:46; 27:46; 28:1; 49:32

1 Chronicles

1:13

H2845

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2845 matches the Hebrew חֵת (ḥēṯ),
which occurs 14 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:3 - Then Abraham stood up before his dead [wife’s body], and spoke to the [fn]sons of Heth (Hittites), saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:5 - The Hittites replied to Abraham,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:7 - So Abraham stood up and bowed to the people of the land, the Hittites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:10 - Now Ephron was present there among the sons of Heth; so within the hearing of all the sons of Heth and all who were entering the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - So Abraham listened to Ephron [and agreed to his terms]; and he weighed out for Ephron the [amount of] silver which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:18 - to Abraham as his possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all who were entering at the gate of his city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20 - The field and the cave in it were deeded over to Abraham by the Hittites as a [permanent] possession and burial place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10 - the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:46 -

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth [these insolent wives of Esau]. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:32 - the field and the cave that is in it was purchased from the sons of Heth.”

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Canaan became the father of Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

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