Heth
Mentioned 2303–1688 BC traditional (Jones)
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.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- The 13th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
- Mentioned in the era of the Patriarchs, 1996–1707 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Abraham, Canaan, Ephron, Zidon, Isaac, Jacob, Rebekah, and Sarah.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
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Mentions
Begat counts Heth in 12 tagged verses across 2 books.
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The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Heth 1 |
| KJV | Heth 14 |
| ASV | Heth 14 |
Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts
Every verse
All 12 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Genesis11 verses
- 10:15
And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
- 23:3
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,
- 23:5
The Hittites replied to Abraham,
- 23:7
Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
- 23:10
Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
- 23:16
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
- 23:18
to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
- 23:20
So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.
- 25:10
This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.
- 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
- 49:32
The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”
1 Chronicles1 verse
- 1:13
And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
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).