כִּתִּי
Kittîy · kit-tee'
a Kittite or Cypriote; hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: or כִּתִּיִּי; patrial from an unused name denoting Cyprus (only in the plural);
a Kittite or Cypriote; hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine
- a Kittite or Cypriote
- hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Chittim, Kittim.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- 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)
the open hand that covers › the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works
The open hand that covers of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כִּתִּי 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of chittim5 · 63%
- kittim2 · 25%
- to chittim1 · 13%
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.