Word Study · Strong's H3794 · Hebrew

כִּתִּי

Kitti

kit-tee'

Strong's 1890 spelling: Kittîy

“a Kittite or Cypriote”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a Kittite or Cypriote; hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine

Rendered in the KJV as

Chittim, Kittim.

8
occurrencesin the Old Testament
7 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
5
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 8 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 5

כִּתִּ֖ים3
כִּתִּים֙2
כִתִּיִּים֙1
כִּתִּיִּֽים׃1
כִּתִּ֔ים1

How it is rendered · 2

Kittim5
Cyprus3

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

proper noun (a name)8

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HNpl · 8

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Where this word lives

Isaiah2 of 8 · 25%
Genesis1 of 8 · 13%
Numbers1 of 8 · 13%
1 Chronicles1 of 8 · 13%
Jeremiah1 of 8 · 13%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 10:4כִּתִּ֖יםkitimproper noun (a name)And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.here: Kittim

Numbers1 occurrence

Numbers 24:24כִּתִּ֔יםkitimproper noun (a name)Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”here: Kittim

1 Chronicles1 occurrence

1 Chronicles 1:7כִּתִּ֖יםkitimproper noun (a name)And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.here: Kittim

Isaiah2 occurrences

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 2:10כִתִּיִּים֙khitiyimproper noun (a name)Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:here: Cyprus

Ezekiel1 occurrence

Ezekiel 27:6כִּתִּיִּֽים׃kitiyimproper noun (a name)Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.here: Kittim

Daniel1 occurrence

Daniel 11:30כִּתִּים֙kitimproper noun (a name)Ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.here: Kittim

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