כִּתִּי

kit.tiNounH3794

Kittim

From: or כִּתִּיִּי; patrial from an unused name denoting Cyprus (only in the plural);

Short Definition

a Kittite or Cypriote; hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine

Full Lexicon Entry

Someone descended from Kittim of the Greeks, first mentioned at ; descended from Javan (H3120); along with Elishah (H0473), Tarshish (H8659) and Dodanim (H1721) § Chittim or Kittim = "bruisers" 1) a general term for all islanders of the Mediterranean ) the descendants of Javan, the son of Japheth and grandson of Noah

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun

Morphology N:N--LG

DescriptionN:N--LG

Occurrences

8 times

Appears 8 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Isaiah
2
1 Chronicles
1
Daniel
1
Ezk
1
Genesis
1

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 1:7
  • Daniel 11:30
  • Ezk 27:6
  • Genesis 10:4
  • Isaiah 23:1

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.