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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 10 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:4 - The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24 - Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus[fn];
they will oppress Assyria and afflict Eber,
but they, too, will be utterly destroyed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:7 - The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1 - This message came to me concerning Tyre:
Weep, O ships of Tarshish,
for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone!
The rumors you heard in Cyprus[fn]
are all true.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:12 - He says, “Never again will you rejoice,
O daughter of Sidon, for you have been crushed.
Even if you flee to Cyprus,
you will find no rest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:10 - “Go west and look in the land of Cyprus[fn];
go east and search through the land of Kedar.
Has anyone ever heard of anything
as strange as this?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6 - They carved your oars
from the oaks of Bashan.
Your deck of pine from the coasts of Cyprus[fn]
was inlaid with ivory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:30 - For warships from western coastlands[fn] will scare him off, and he will withdraw and return home. But he will vent his anger against the people of the holy covenant and reward those who forsake the covenant.
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