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Kitti or Kittiyyi <a href="../hebrew/3795.htm" title="3795">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Kitti or Kittiyyi: Kittim, Kittites</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">יתִתכִּ</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Kittiy<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>kit-tee' or kit-tee-yee'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(kit-tee')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Kittim, Kittites<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a Kittite, Cypriote<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from כִּתִּים (Kittim), which refers to the descendants of Javan, son of Japheth, son of Noah.<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - <b>G2791 (Κιττιοι - Kittioi):</b> Refers to the people of Kittim, often associated with Cyprus or the broader Mediterranean region.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "Kitti" or "Kittiyyi" refers to the people or region associated with Kittim. In the Bible, Kittim is often used to denote the inhabitants of Cyprus or the broader region of the Mediterranean islands and coastlands. It is sometimes used to refer to distant lands or maritime peoples.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>The Kittim are traditionally identified with the inhabitants of Cyprus, an island in the eastern Mediterranean. Over time, the term expanded to include other maritime peoples and regions, such as the Greeks and Romans. The Kittim were known for their seafaring abilities and played a significant role in trade and cultural exchanges in the ancient Near East.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an unused name<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a son of Javan, also his desc. and their land<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Cyprus (3), Kittim (5).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">כִּתִּי</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>adjective, of a people</b></font> always plural <font class="hebrew2">כִּתִּים</font> <font class="hebrew2">כִּתִּיִּים</font>; usually as <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>name, of a people</b></font> = <font size="+1"><b>Cypriotes</b></font> (compare Phoenician proper name, of a location <font class="hebrew2">כת</font> <font class="hebrew2">כתי</font>, <em>Citium</em>; on a connection with <em>Kheta</em>, <i><em>–-t¹, –attê</em></i>, <font class="hebrew2">חִתִּי</font>, see WMM<sup>Asien u. Europa,345</sup>; — on <em>Citium</em> see Cesnola<sup>Gyprus 46 ff</sup>); — <font class="hebrew2">אֶרֶץ כִּתִּים</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/23-1.htm">Isaiah 23:1</a>, <font class="hebrew2">כִּתִּיי֯ם</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/23-12.htm">Isaiah 23:12</a>; <font class="hebrew2">כִּתִּים</font> (as son of Yawan) <a href="/interlinear/genesis/10-4.htm">Genesis 10:4</a> = <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/1-7.htm">1 Chronicles 1:7</a>; <font class="hebrew2">וְצִים</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מִיַּד כ</font> <a href="/interlinear/numbers/24-24.htm">Numbers 24:24</a> <em>ships from the side</em> (direction) <em>of Kittim</em>; more Generally, of coast-lands of Mediterranean, <font class="hebrew2">אִיֵּי כִּתִּיִּים</font> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/2-10.htm">Jeremiah 2:10</a>, <font class="hebrew2">אִיֵּי כִּתִּיִּם</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/27-6.htm">Ezekiel 27:6</a>; even of Macedonian Greece, <font class="hebrew2">צִיִּים כִּתִּים</font> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/11-30.htm">Daniel 11:30</a> (only here as adjective, compare Bev) i.e. Grecian ships. <p><font class="hebrew2">כָּתִית</font> see below <font class="hebrew2">כתת</font>. <p><font class="hebrew2">כתל</font> (√ of following; compare Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb050802.gif"> <em>make into firm lumps</em> or <em>blocks, make compact</em>; Frey also <em>bind, imprison</em>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb050803.gif"> <em>be joined together</em>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Chittim, Kittim <p>Or Kittiyiy {kit-tee-ee'}; 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 -- Chittim, Kittim. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>כִּתִּ֔ים כִּתִּ֖ים כִּתִּים֙ כִתִּיִּים֙ כִּתִּיִּֽים׃ כִּתִּים֙ כתיים כתיים׃ כתים chittiYim kit·tî·yîm ḵit·tî·yîm kit·tîm kitTim kittîm kittiYim kittîyîm ḵittîyîm<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/10-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 10:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/10.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישׁ <b> כִּתִּ֖ים </b> וְדֹדָנִֽים׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and Tarshish, <span class="itali">Kittim</span> and Dodanim.<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and Tarshish, <span class="itali">Kittim,</span> and Dodanim.<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/10-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Elishah and Tarshish <span class="itali">Kittim</span> and Dodanim<p><b><a href="/text/numbers/24-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Numbers 24:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/24.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְצִים֙ מִיַּ֣ד <b> כִּתִּ֔ים </b> וְעִנּ֥וּ אַשּׁ֖וּר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/numbers/24.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [shall come] from the coast <span class="itali">of Kittim,</span> And they shall afflict<br><a href="/kjvs/numbers/24.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [shall come] from the coast <span class="itali">of Chittim,</span> and shall afflict<br><a href="/interlinear/numbers/24-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> ships the coast <span class="itali">of Kittim</span> shall afflict Asshur<p><b><a href="/text/1_chronicles/1-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Chronicles 1:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישָׁה <b> כִּתִּ֖ים </b> וְרוֹדָנִֽים׃ ס</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_chronicles/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Tarshish, <span class="itali">Kittim</span> and Rodanim.<br><a href="/kjvs/1_chronicles/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and Tarshish, <span class="itali">Kittim,</span> and Dodanim.<br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/1-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Elishah Tarshish <span class="itali">Kittim</span> and Dodanim<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/23-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 23:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִבּ֔וֹא מֵאֶ֥רֶץ <b> כִּתִּ֖ים </b> נִגְלָה־ לָֽמוֹ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to them from the land <span class="itali">of Cyprus.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from the land <span class="itali">of Chittim</span> it is revealed<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/23-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> harbor the land <span class="itali">of Cyprus</span> is reported<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/23-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 23:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">[כִּתִּיִּים כ] <b> (כִּתִּים֙ </b> ק) ק֣וּמִי</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Arise, pass over <span class="itali">to Cyprus;</span> even there<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> pass over <span class="itali">to Chittim;</span> there also shalt thou have no rest.<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/23-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> daughter of Sidon <span class="itali">Chittim</span> Arise pass<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/2-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 2:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עִבְר֞וּ אִיֵּ֤י <b> כִתִּיִּים֙ </b> וּרְא֔וּ וְקֵדָ֛ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to the coastlands <span class="itali">of Kittim</span> and see,<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the isles <span class="itali">of Chittim,</span> and see;<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/2-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> cross to the coastlands <span class="itali">of Kittim</span> and see to Kedar<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/27-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 27:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/27.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">[כִּתִּיִּם כ] <b> (כִּתִּיִּֽים׃ </b> ק) </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from the coastlands <span class="itali">of Cyprus.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [brought] out of the isles <span class="itali">of Chittim.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/27-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of boxwood the coastlands <span class="itali">Chittim</span><p><b><a href="/text/daniel/11-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 11:30</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">ב֜וֹ צִיִּ֤ים <b> כִּתִּים֙ </b> וְנִכְאָ֔ה וְשָׁ֛ב</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For ships <span class="itali">of Kittim</span> will come<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> For the ships <span class="itali">of Chittim</span> shall come<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/11-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will come ships <span class="itali">of Kittim</span> will be disheartened and will return<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3794.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3794.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3794<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/chittiyim_3794.htm">ḵit·tî·yîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kittim_3794.htm">kit·tîm — 6 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kittiyim_3794.htm">kit·tî·yîm — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script 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