Definition

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

Etymology

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

Where the KJV renders it

• Chittim
• Kittim

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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