kiti · Kittim

What it means

kiti (כִּתִּי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Kittim”.

Descendants of Javan; the name is used for Cyprus and later for peoples across the sea.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Numbers×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Isaiah×2
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×1
• Daniel×1

• Genesis 10:4

  And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

• Numbers 24:24

  And ships shall come from the hand of Kittim, and they shall afflict Asshur and shall afflict Eber; and he also shall come to destruction.”

• 1 Chronicles 1:7

  And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

• Isaiah 23:1

  The burden of Tyre. Wail, ships of Tarshish, for it is devastated, without house, without entrance; from the land of Kittim it was revealed to them.

• Isaiah 23:12

  And he said, “You will not again exult, oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon! Arise, cross over to Kittim; even there there will be no rest for you.”

• Jeremiah 2:10

  For cross over to the coasts of Kittim and see, and send to Kedar and consider carefully, and see whether there has been anything like this.

• Ezekiel 27:6

  Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; your planking they made of ivory set in boxwood from the coastlands of Kittim.

• Daniel 11:30

  And ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart and return and be indignant against the holy covenant and act; and he will return and pay heed to those who forsake the holy covenant.