Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2845: חֵת

Chêth · pronounced khayth · “Heth”

Definition

Cheth, an aboriginal Canaanite

KJV translates it as: Heth.

Word origin: from H2865 (חָתַת); terror;

Extended definition

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.15;
son of: Canaan (H3667);
brother of: Sidon (H6721), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Hivite (H2340), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577); also called Hittite (KJV: "of Heth") frequently
Also named: chit.ti (חִתִּי "Hittite" H2850)
§ Heth = "terror"
a son of Canaan and the progenitor of the Hittites

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H2845 is translated

  • heth ×14

Bible verses with H2845 (Chêth)

Chêth appears in 12 verses.

  • 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.

  • Genesis 25:10

    The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

  • Genesis 27:46

    And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

  • Genesis 49:32

    The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:13

    And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

Words derived from H2845

חִתִּי H2850

Chittîy — Hittite