Kittim
כִּתִּיStrong’s H3794kitti (kit-ti)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kitti is the Hebrew word usually translated “kittim” and “cyprus”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.”
Meaning
- A general term for all islanders of the Mediterranean Sea
- The descendants of Javan, the son of Japheth and grandson of Noah
- Elishah = "God of the coming (one)"
How it's translated
- kittim 5
- cyprus 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
- Genesis 1
- Numbers 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 10:4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
- Numbers 24:24And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
- 1 Chronicles 1:7And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
- Isaiah 23:1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.
- Isaiah 23:12And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
- Jeremiah 2:10For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
Hebrew dictionary
כִּתִּי kitti · Kittim
Someone descended from Kittim of the Greeks, first mentioned at Gen.10.4; descended from Javan (H3120); along with Elishah (H0473), Tarshish (H8659) and Dodanim (H1721) § 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
אֱלִישָׁה elishah · Elishah
Elishah = "God of the coming (one)" descendant of Noah, son of Javan; perhaps ancestor of the Aeolians Another name of kit.ti (כִּתִּי "Cyprus" H3794H)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cyprus” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CYPRUS, noun
A thin transparent black stuff.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.