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Kittim

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3794

כִּתִּי

kit.ti — Kittim

Someone descended from Kittim of the Greeks, first mentioned at Gen.10.4; descended from Javan (H3120); along with Elishah (H0473), Tarshish (H8659) and Dodanim (H1721) § Chittim or Kittim = "bruisers" 1) a general term for all islanders of the Mediterranean Sea 2) the descendants of Javan, the son of Japheth and grandson of Noah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8659

תַּרְשִׁישׁ

tar.shish — Tarshish

A man of the Greeks living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.4; son of: Javan (H3120); brother of: Elishah (H0473), Kittim (H3794) and Dodanim (H1721) § Tarshish or Tharshish = "yellow jasper" son of Javan

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3120

יָוָן

ya.van — Javan

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2; son of: Japheth (H3315); brother of: Gomer (H1586), Magog (H4031), Madai (H4074), Tubal (H8422), Meshech (H4902) and Tiras (H8494); father of: Elishah (H0473), Tarshish (H8659), Kittim (H3794) and Dodanim (H1721); also called Greek at Jol.3.6 + NT. § Javan = "Ionia" or "Greece" 1) a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah 2) Greece, Ionia, Ionians 2a) location of descendants of Javan

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1721

רוֹדָנִים

do.da.nim — Dodanim

People descended from Dodan(?) of the Greeks, first mentioned at Gen.10.4; descended from Javan (H3120); along with Elishah (H0473), Tarshish (H8659) and Kittim (H3794); also called Rodanim or Rodanites at 1Ch.1.7; § Dodanim or Rodanim = "leaders" sons or descendants of Javan

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H473

אֱלִישָׁה

e.li.shah — Elishah

A man of the Greeks living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.4; son of: Javan (H3120); brother of: Tarshish (H8659), Kittim (H3794) and Dodanim (H1721) § Elishah = "God of the coming (one)" descendant of Noah, son of Javan; perhaps ancestor of the Aeolians

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3125

יְוָנִי

ye.va.ni — Greek

Someone from Greece, founded by Java who was a man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2; son of: Japheth (H3315); brother of: Gomer (H1586), Magog (H4031), Madai (H4074), Tubal (H8422), Meshech (H4902) and Tiras (H8494); father of: Elishah (H0473), Tarshish (H8659), Kittim (H3794) and Dodanim (H1721); also called Greek at Jol.3.6 + NT. Group of ya.van (יָוָן "Javan" H3120) Grecian, Ionian

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Historical dictionary entry

(Gen. 10:4). (See CHITTIM.)

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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