Lexicon
חִתִּי
chit.ti
H2850
N:N--PG Hebrew

Hittite

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Hebrew
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chit.ti is a gentilic noun used of individuals, groups, rulers, women, and land-associated people in Scripture.

The term is used as a gentilic label in personal names and family descriptions, in lists of peoples connected with the land, and in references to kings, women, and a land associated with the group. The supplied forms include masculine and feminine singulars and masculine and feminine plurals, matching these varied clause settings without showing a separate lexical sense.

Senses in use

  1. Gentilic label in personal and group references · dominant

    The masculine singular form occurs with named individuals: in Genesis 23:10, the APB renders the clause "Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham," and in 2 Samuel 11:3 it renders Bathsheba as the wife of Uriah. The same form appears within lists of peoples in Exodus 3:8 and Joshua 24:11; plural forms occur in clauses about kings in 1 Kings 10:29 and land in Joshua 1:4.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term in personal and group labels such as "Ephron the Hittite," "Uriah the Hittite," and "the Hittites." It also uses "Hittite women" and "mother was a Hittite" in feminine contexts; These renderings only indicate the verse-level presentation.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture