Bible Names

Heth: meaning of the name

Heth means “trembling; fear.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Heth in Hebrew and Greek

חֵת H2845

Chêth (khayth) — Cheth, an aboriginal Canaanite

from H2865 (חָתַת); terror;

Who named Heth in the Bible

Heth in Scripture

“Heth” appears in 12 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 10:15

    And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

  • Genesis 23:3

    And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

  • Genesis 23:5

    And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

  • Genesis 23:7

    And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

  • Genesis 23:10

    And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

  • Genesis 23:16

    And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

  • Genesis 23:18

    Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

  • Genesis 23:20

    And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.