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Lexicon :: Strong's H3794 - kitîm

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כִּתִּים
Transliteration
kitîm
Pronunciation
kit-tee'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Patrial from an unused name denoting Cyprus (only in the pl.)
Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: כתים (Gesenius) כתיי (Strongs) כתי (Strongs) כתיים (Gesenius)

Strong’s Definitions

כִּתִּי Kittîy, kit-tee'; or כִּתִּיִּי Kittîyîy; patrial from an unused name denoting Cyprus (only in the plural); a Kittite or Cypriote; hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine:—Chittim, Kittim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H3794 in the following manner: Chittim (6x), Kittim (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H3794 in the following manner: Chittim (6x), Kittim (2x).

  1. Chittim or Kittim = "bruisers"

    1. a general term for all islanders of the Mediterranean Sea

    2. the descendants of Javan, the son of Japheth and grandson of Noah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כִּתִּי Kittîy, kit-tee'; or כִּתִּיִּי Kittîyîy; patrial from an unused name denoting Cyprus (only in the plural); a Kittite or Cypriote; hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine:—Chittim, Kittim.
STRONGS H3794: Abbreviations
† [כִּתִּי] adjective, of a people always plural כִּתִּים כִּתִּיִּים; usually as name, of a people = Cypriotes (compare Phoenician proper name, of a location כת כתי, Citium; on a connection with Kheta, Ḫ-tā, Ḫattê, חִתִּי, see WMMAsien u. Europa,345; — on Citium see CesnolaGyprus 46 ff); — אֶרֶץ כִּתִּים Isaiah 23:1, כִּתִּיי֯ם Isaiah 23:12; כִּתִּים (as son of Yawan) Genesis 10:4 = 1 Chronicles 1:7; וְצִים מִיַּד כ׳ Numbers 24:24 ships from the side (direction) of Kittim; more generally, of coast-lands of Mediterranean, אִיֵּי כִּתִּיִּים Jeremiah 2:10, אִיֵּי כִּתִּיִּם Ezekiel 27:6; even of Macedonian Greece, צִיִּים כִּתִּים Daniel 11:30 (only here as adjective, compare Bev) i.e. Grecian ships.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:4

Numbers

24:24

1 Chronicles

1:7

Isaiah

23:1; 23:12

Jeremiah

2:10

Ezekiel

27:6

Daniel

11:30

H3794

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Strong's Number H3794 matches the Hebrew כִּתִּים (kitîm),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:4 - And the sons of Jovan, Elisa, and Tharseis, Cetians, Rhodians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24 - And one shall come forth from the hands of the Citians, and shall afflict Assur, and shall afflict the [fn]Hebrews, and they shall perish together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:7 - And the sons of Jovan, Helisa, and Tharsis, the Citians, and Rhodians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1 - The Word concerning Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Carthage; for she has perished, and men no longer arrive from the land of the Citians: she is led captive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:12 - And men shall say, Ye shall no longer at all continue to insult and injure the daughter of Sidon: and if thou depart to the Citians, neither there shalt thou have rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:10 - For go to the isles of the Chettians, and see; and send to Kedar, and observe accurately, and see if such things have been done;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6 - They made thine oars of wood out of the land of Basan; thy sacred utensils they made of ivory, thy shady houses of wood from the isles of Chetiim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:30 - For the Citians issuing forth shall come against him, and he shall be brought low, and shall return, and shall be incensed against the holy covenant: and he shall do thus, and shall return, and have intelligence with them that have forsaken the holy covenant.
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