חִתִּי
Chittîy · khit-tee'
a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth
Lexicon
Derivation: patronymically from H2845 (חֵת);
a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hittite, Hittities.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works
To separate and protect of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חִתִּי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
48 occurrences · 48 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the hittite20 · 42%
- and the hittites8 · 17%
- of the hittites6 · 13%
- and the hittite4 · 8%
- the hittites3 · 6%
- hittites2 · 4%
- thee, the hittites1 · 2%
- them; namely, the hittites1 · 2%
- and hittites1 · 2%
- an hittite1 · 2%
- was an hittite1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.