Strongs Number: H3794
- Hebrew Word
- כִּתִּי
- Transliteration
- Kittîy
- Phonetic
- kit-tee'
- Part of Speech
- Adjective
- Strongs Definition
-
a Kittite or Cypriote; hence an islander in {general} that {is} the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine
- BDB Definition
-
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
- Origin
- Patrial from an unused name denoting Cyprus (only in the plural)
- Bible Usage
- {Chittim} Kittim.