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Lexicon :: Strong's H2845 - ḥēṯ

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חֵת
Transliteration
ḥēṯ
Pronunciation
khayth
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

חֵת Chêth, khayth; from H2865; terror; Cheth, an aboriginal Canaanite:—Heth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H2845 in the following manner: Heth (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H2845 in the following manner: Heth (14x).

  1. Heth = "terror"

    1. a son of Canaan and the progenitor of the Hittites

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵת Chêth, khayth; from H2865; terror; Cheth, an aboriginal Canaanite:—Heth.
STRONGS H2845: Abbreviations
† חֵת proper name, masculine apparently represented as ancestor of the Hittites (etymology and meaning unknown; pronounced as from √ ע״ע in Hebrew & Assyrian, but not Egyptian; see חִתִּי below) — 'begotten' by Canaan Genesis 10:15 (J)＝1 Chronicles 1:13; elsewhere only in combination with בְּנֵי, בְּנוֺת;
a. בְּנֵיחֵֿת according to P lived at Mamre (Hebron), and one of them sold Abraham the cave of Machpelah for a sepulchre Genesis 23:3, 5, 10 (twice in verse); Genesis 23:16, 18, 20; Genesis 25:10; Genesis 49:32.
b. בְּנוֺת(ֿ)חֵת only of wives of Esau Genesis 27:46 (twice in verse) (P; Greek Version of the LXX omits Genesis 27:46b; || בְּנוֺת הָאָרֶץ＝בְּנוֺת כְּנָ֑עַן Genesis 28:1).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:15; 23:3; 23:5; 23:10; 23:16; 23:18; 23:20; 25:10; 27:46; 27:46; 28:1; 49:32

1 Chronicles

1:13

H2845

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2845 matches the Hebrew חֵת (ḥēṯ),
which occurs 14 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:15 - Canaan’s oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:3 - Then, leaving her body, he said to the Hittite elders,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:5 - The Hittites replied to Abraham,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:7 - Then Abraham bowed low before the Hittites

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:10 - Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of the town.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - So Abraham agreed to Ephron’s price and paid the amount he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:18 - It was transferred to Abraham as his permanent possession in the presence of the Hittite elders at the city gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20 - So the field and the cave were transferred from the Hittites to Abraham for use as a permanent burial place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10 - This was the field Abraham had purchased from the Hittites and where he had buried his wife Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:46 - Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:32 - It is the plot of land and the cave that my grandfather Abraham bought from the Hittites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:13 - Canaan’s oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,[fn]
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