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Lexicon :: Strong's H3794 - kitîm

Aa
כִּתִּים
Transliteration
kitîm
Pronunciation
kit-tee'
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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

H3794

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3794 matches the Hebrew כִּתִּים (kitîm),
which occurs 10 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:4 - The sons H1121 of Javan H3120 were Elishah H473 and Tarshish, H8659 Kittim H3794 and [fn]Dodanim. H1721

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24 - “But ships H6716 shall come from the coast H3027 of Kittim, H3794
And they shall afflict H6031 Asshur H804 and will afflict H6031 Eber; H5677
So they also H1571 will come to destruction.” H8

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:7 - The sons H1121 of Javan H3120 were Elishah, H473 Tarshish, H8659 Kittim H3794 and [fn]Rodanim. H1721

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:1 - The [fn]oracle H4853 concerning Tyre. H6865
Wail, H3213 O ships H591 of Tarshish, H8659
For Tyre is destroyed, H7703 without H4480 house H1004 or [fn]harbor; H935
It is reported H1540 to them from the land H776 of [fn]Cyprus. H3794

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:12 - He has said, H559 “You shall exult H5937 no H3808 more, H3254 H5750 O crushed H6231 virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Sidon. H6721
Arise, H6965 pass H5674 over H5674 to [fn]Cyprus; H3794 even H1571 there H8033 you will find H5117 no H3808 rest.” H5117

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:10 - “For cross H5674 to the coastlands H339 of [fn]Kittim H3794 and see, H7200
And send H7971 to Kedar H6938 and observe H995 closely H3966
And see H7200 if H2005 there has been H1961 such a thing as this! H2088

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6 - “Of oaks H437 from Bashan H1316 they have made H6213 your oars; H4880
With ivory H8127 they have [fn]inlaid H6213 your deck H7175 of boxwood H839 from the coastlands H339 of Cyprus. H3794

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:30 - “For ships H6716 of [fn]Kittim H3794 will come H935 against him; therefore he will be disheartened H3512 and will return H7725 and become H2194 enraged H2194 at the holy H6944 covenant H1285 and take H6213 action; H6213 so he will come H7725 back H7725 and show H995 regard H995 for those who forsake H5800 the holy H6944 covenant. H1285
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