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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Heth

Heth [N] [H] [S]

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

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names
[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Heth". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Heth

Heth [N] [E] [S]

trembling; fear
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely.
[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Bibliography Information

Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Heth'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Smith's Bible Dictionary - Heth

Heth [N] [E] [H]

(terror ), the forefather of the nation of the Hittites. In the genealogical tables of ( Genesis 10:15 ) and 1Chr 1:13 Heth is a son of Canaan. ( Genesis 24:3 Genesis 24:4 ; Genesis 28:1 Genesis 28:2 )

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names
Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Heth'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Heth (1)

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.

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HETH (1)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.  

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Heth (2)

HETH (2)

heth (cheth):

In Genesis 23:10 the ancestor of the Hittites. As the various peoples who occupied Canaan were thought to belong to one stock, Genesis 10:15 (1 Chronicles 1:13) makes Heth the (2nd) son of Canaan. In Genesis 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 Genesis 10:15,16, where Heth is placed between Sidon and the Jebusites.

See HITTITES.

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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HETH (2)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.