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Heth

The father of the Hittites, was the eldest son of Canaan, Gen. x, 15, and dwelt southward of the promised land, probably about Hebron. Heth is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “trembling; fear.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G21484, H2845
Hebrew
חֵת · Chêth
Greek
η, Ηθ · heth
Name meaning
trembling; fear According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

η, Ηθ

G21484
Transliteration
heth
Part of speech
G:N-LI
Indexed occurrences
0

Glosses

Heth

Lexicon definition

Heth, the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; used in LXX for acrostic Psalms such as Psa.119

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Heth

trembling; fear

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

HETH

the father of the Hittites, was the eldest son of Canaan, Gen. x, 15, and dwelt southward of the promised land, probably about Hebron. Ephron, who was an inhabitant of that city, was of the race of Heth; and in the time of Abraham the whole city were of the family of Heth.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Heth

Indexed occurrences: 1

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All Scripture references6 references

Genesis 2

Genesis 10:15Genesis 23:10

1 Kings 2

1 Kings 18:41 Kings 19:9

1 Chronicles 1

1 Chronicles 1:13

John 1

John 11:38

Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Heth

Meaning:
trembling; fear

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HETH

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Cave

There are numerous natural caves among the limestone rocks of Syria, many of which have been artificially enlarged for various purposes. The first notice of a cave occurs in the history of Lot (Gen. 19:30). The next we read of is the cave of Machpelah (q.v.), which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth (Gen. 25:9, 10). It was the burying-place of Sarah and of Abraham himself, also of Isaac, Rebekah, Leah, and Jacob (Gen. 49:31; 50:13). The cave of Makkedah, into which the five Amorite kings retired after their defeat by Joshua (10:16, 27). The cave of Adullam (q.v.), an immense natural cavern, where David hid himself from Saul (1 Sam. 22:1, 2). The cave of Engedi (q.v.), now called Ain Jidy, i.e., the "Fountain of the Kid", where David cut off the skirt of Saul's robe (24:4). Here he also found a shelter for himself and his followers to the number of 600 (23:29; 24:1). "On all sides the country is full of caverns which might serve as lurking-places for David and his men, as they do for outlaws at the present day." The cave in which Obadiah hid the prophets (1 Kings 18:4) was probably in the north, but it cannot be identified. The cave of Elijah (1 Kings 19:9), and the "cleft" of Moses on Horeb (Ex. 33:22), cannot be determined. In the time of Gideon the Israelites took refuge from the Midianites in dens and caves, such as abounded in the mountain regions of Manasseh (Judg. 6:2). Caves were frequently used as dwelling-places (Num. 24:21; Cant. 2:14; Jer. 49:16; Obad. 1:3). "The excavations at Deir Dubban, on the south side of the wady leading to Santa Hanneh, are probably the dwellings of the Horites," the ancient inhabitants of Idumea Proper. The pits or cavities in rocks were also sometimes used as prisons (Isa. 24:22; 51:14; Zech. 9:11). Those which had niches in their sides were occupied as burying-places (Ezek. 32:23; John 11:38).

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Heth

trembling; fear

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