heth Summary and Overview

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).

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

HETH (terror), one of the sons of Canaan, of the family of Ham, and progenitor of the Hittites. Gen 10:15; Gen 23:3,Gen 23:5,Gen 23:7,Acts 23:10,Gen 23:16,Gen 23:18,Gen 23:20; Gen 25:10; Gen 27:46; Gen 49:32; 1 Chr 1:13. See Hittites.

Son of Canaan, Ham's son; from whence sprung the Hittites, occupying the hill country of Judah near Hebron. But the race enlarged its borders so that they with the Amorites represent all Canaan (Joshua 1:4; Ezekiel 16:3, "thy father was an Amorite, thy mother an Hittite".) See Genesis 23:3-20. Esau's marriage to one of the daughters of Heth "grieved the mind" of Isaac and Rebekah, for their morals were lax and their worship idolatrous (Genesis 26:34-35; Genesis 27:46). In Solomon's and in Joram's times there were independent Hittite kings (1 Kings 10:29; 2 Kings 7:6). In the Egyptian monuments they are called the Kheta, who made themselves masters of Syria.