Atomic Bible

Son of Canaan and ancestor of the Hittites.

Heth

Named in 58 verses across 15 books, first in Genesis 10:15.

חֵתHeth

חִתִּיHittite

Also called Hittite.

The name means “trembling; fear.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

Father
Canaan
Brothers and sisters
Sidon
People
Early Patriarch

About Heth Written by AI

Heth, also known as the Hittites, was a descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, according to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 (Genesis 10:15; 1 Chronicles 1:13). The Hittites were a prominent people group in the ancient Near East, and they are frequently mentioned throughout the Old Testament. Abraham had dealings with the Hittites when he purchased the cave of Machpelah as a burial site for his wife Sarah (Gen.23). This cave later became the burial place for Abraham, Isaac, Rebekah, Leah, and Israel (or 'Jacob') (Genesis 25:9 to 10; 49.29-32; 50.13). Esau, Isaac's son, married two Hittite women, which caused grief for his parents (Genesis 26:34 to 35; 27.46). The Hittites are listed among the inhabitants of the Promised Land that God would drive out before the Israelites (Exodus 3:8; 13.5; 23.23,28; 33.2; 34.11; Deuteronomy 7:1; 20.17; Joshua 1:4; 3.10; 9.1; 11.3; 12.8; 24.11; Judges 3:5; 1 Kings 9:20; 2 Chronicles 8:7; Ezra 9:1; Nehemiah 9:8). During the time of the united monarchy, the Hittites are mentioned in connection with David's reign, particularly in the story of Uriah the Hittite, one of David's mighty men (2Sa.11; 23.39; 1 Chronicles 11:41). Solomon had trade relations with the Hittites and even married Hittite women (1 Kings 10:29; 11.1; 2 Chronicles 1:17). The Hittites are also mentioned in the prophetic books as a point of comparison or as part of a list of nations (Isaiah 1:1; Ezekiel 16:3).

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

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).

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.

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Where the Bible names him

  1. Genesis 10:15

    And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

  2. Genesis 15:20

    Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,

  3. Genesis 23:3

    Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,

  4. Genesis 23:5

    The Hittites replied to Abraham,

  5. Genesis 23:7

    Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

  6. Genesis 23:10

    Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,

  7. Genesis 23:16

    Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

  8. Genesis 23:18

    to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

  9. Genesis 23:20

    So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

  10. Genesis 25:9

    His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

  11. Genesis 25:10

    This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.

  12. Genesis 26:34

    When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

  13. Genesis 27:46

    Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”

  14. Genesis 36:2

    Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

  15. Genesis 49:29

    Then Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

  16. Genesis 49:30

    The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

  17. Genesis 49:32

    The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”

  18. Genesis 50:13

    They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.

  19. Exodus 3:8

    I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

  20. Exodus 3:17

    And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’

  21. Exodus 13:5

    And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.

  22. Exodus 23:23

    For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.

  23. Exodus 23:28

    I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.

  24. Exodus 33:2

    And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

  25. Exodus 34:11

    Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

  26. Numbers 13:29

    The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”

  27. Deuteronomy 7:1

    When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—

  28. Deuteronomy 20:17

    For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,

  29. Joshua 1:4

    Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.

  30. Joshua 3:10

    He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

  31. Joshua 9:1

    Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—

  32. Joshua 11:3

    to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

  33. Joshua 12:8

    the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):

  34. Joshua 24:11

    After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.

  35. Judges 1:26

    And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.

  36. Judges 3:5

    Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

  37. 1 Samuel 26:6

    And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.

  38. 2 Samuel 11:3

    So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

  39. 2 Samuel 11:6

    At this, David sent orders to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.

  40. 2 Samuel 11:17

    And when the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of David’s servants fell, and Uriah the Hittite also died.

And 18 more

2 Samuel 11:21, 11:24, 12:9, 12:10, 23:39

1 Kings 9:20, 10:29, 11:1, 15:5

2 Kings 7:6

1 Chronicles 1:13, 11:41

2 Chronicles 1:17, 8:7

Ezra 9:1

Nehemiah 9:8

Ezekiel 16:3, 16:45

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