kit.ti is a name used for Javan’s descendants and for a land or coastlands associated with ships.

The term most often designates a land or coastlands, appearing as a point of departure, destination, or source connected with ships; it also occurs in genealogical lists as one of Javan’s sons.

1. Land or coastlands associated with travel and ships · dominant

   In Daniel 11:30 the proper noun occurs in the clause that the APB renders “Ships of Kittim will come against him.” Isaiah 23:1 and Isaiah 23:12 place it in travel-related clauses rendered “from the land of Kittim” and “to Kittim arise, cross over,” while Jeremiah 2:10 renders “the coastlands of Kittim”; Numbers 24:24 likewise connects it with ships.

   Daniel 11:30Ezekiel 27:6Isaiah 23:1Isaiah 23:12Jeremiah 2:10Numbers 24:24
2. Named descendant of Javan · occasional

   In Genesis 10:4 and 1 Chronicles 1:7, the proper noun stands in lists that the APB renders as “The sons of Javan,” alongside Elishah, Tarshish, and Dodanim.

   Genesis 10:41 Chronicles 1:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB retains the name “Kittim” in the genealogies and ship clauses, and expands its geographic setting as “the land of Kittim” and “the coastlands of Kittim.” These are presentations of the verse clauses rather than word-by-word renderings.