H3794Hebrewkittiym

כִּתִּי

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

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Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

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

KJV Usage

Chittim, Kittim.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

  • 1.a general term for all islanders of the mediterranean sea
  • 2.the descendants of javan, the son of japheth and grandson of noah

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Kittîy; Pronunciation: kit-tee'