Strong’s H2850 · Hebrew

חִתִּי
Chittîy
khit-tee'

Definition

a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth

Etymology

patronymically from H2845 (חֵת);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Hittite
  • Hittities

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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