Etymology?:
patronymic from ḥēt חֵת ‘Heth’
Roots:
חת
ḥittī pr n pers gen
Hittite = "descendant of Heth"
1) the nation descended from Heth, the 2nd son of Canaan; once inhabitants of central Anatolia (modern Turkey), later in north Lebanon
Mentioned in Genesis 49:29, 23:10, 49:30, 50:13, 36:2, 26:34, 25:9, 15:20 Exodus 13:5, 3:8, 3:17, 23:23, 33:2, 34:11, 23:28 Numbers 13:29 Deuteronomy 7:1, 20:17 Joshua 3:10, 9:1, 24:11, 11:3, 12:8, 1:4 Judges 1:26, 3:5 1 Samuel 26:6 2 Samuel 11:21, 11:3, 11:6, 11:17, 11:24, 12:9, 12:10, 23:39 1 Kings 11:1, 15:5, 9:20, 10:29 2 Kings 7:6 Ezekiel 16:3, 16:45 Ezra 9:1 Nehemiah 9:8 1 Chronicles 11:41 2 Chronicles 8:7, 1:17