ΧΕΤʼ, χετʼ
CHETʼ, chetʼ
Sounds Like: KHET
Translations: Heth, of Heth
From the root: ΧΕΤ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This word refers to Heth, the son of Canaan and grandson of Noah, or more commonly, to the Hittites, a people descended from Heth. In the provided context, 'υιοι του Χετ' means 'sons of Heth' or 'children of Heth', referring to the Hittites. The apostrophe at the end is a keraia, indicating that the word is being used as a numeral, specifically the number 600. However, in the given context, it is clearly a proper noun, and the keraia might be a scribal mark or a misinterpretation of an elision marker. It is most likely a proper noun referring to the Hittites.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5475 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Genesis — 23:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΕΤ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΧΕΤ — unknown
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