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HebrewH2845Proper Noun (Masculine)

חֵת

chet

12Occurrences
H2845Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Cheth, an aboriginal Canaanite

from H2865 (חָתַת); terror;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Canaan (H3667); brother of: Sidon (H6721), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577); also called Hittite (KJV: "of Heth") frequently Also named: chit.ti (*חִתִּי *"Hittite" H2850) § Heth = "terror" a son of Canaan and the progenitor of the Hittites

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חֵת appears 12 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
11
1 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:13BSB

And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

Genesis 23:3BSB

Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,

Genesis 23:7BSB

Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

Genesis 23:16BSB

Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

Genesis 23:20BSB

So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

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