Lexicon :: Strong's H3794 - kitîm

כִּתִּים
Transliteration
kitîm
Pronunciation
kit-tee'
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