Heth

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Dread, a descendant of Canaan, and the ancestor of the Hittites (Gen 10:18; Deut 7:1), who dwelt in the vicinity of Hebron (Gen 23:3, 7). The Hittites were a Hamitic race. They are called “the sons of Heth” (Gen 23:3, 5, 7, 10, 16, 18, 20).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Heth (1)

chath cheth: The eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "ch". It came also to be used for the number 8. For name, etc., see ALPHABET.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Heth (2)

heth (cheth): In Gen 23:10 the ancestor of the Hittites. As the various peoples who occupied Canaan were thought to belong to one stock, Gen 10:15 (1 Chr 1:13) makes Heth the (2nd) son of Canaan. In Gen 23 the "sons of Heth" occupy Hebron, but they were known to have come there from the north. A reference to this seems to be preserved in the order of the names in Gen 10:15; Gen 10:16, where Heth is placed between Sidon and the Jebusites.

See HITTITES.

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Person Heth

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