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Heth Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

the father of the Hittites, was the eldest son of Canaan, Gen. x, 15, and dwelt southward of the promised land, probably about Hebron. Ephron, who was an inhabitant of that city, was of the race of Heth; and in the time of Abraham the whole city were of the family of Heth.

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Hething [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Contempt; scorn.

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14 KJV and 3 BSB verses contain “Heth”

Genesis 10:15

And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

Genesis 23:3

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,

Genesis 23:5

And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,

The Hittites replied to Abraham,

Genesis 23:7

And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.

Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

Genesis 23:10

And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,

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,

Genesis 23:16

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

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.

Genesis 23:18

Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

Genesis 23:20

And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.

So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

Genesis 25:10

The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

This was the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. Abraham was buried there with his wife Sarah.

Genesis 27:46

And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

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?”

Genesis 49:32

The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

The field and the cave that is in it were purchased from the Hittites.”

1 Chronicles 1:13

And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

Ezekiel 47:15

And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;

This shall be the boundary of the land:

Ezekiel 47:16

Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.

On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad, Berothah, and Sibraim (which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.

Ezekiel 48:1

Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.

“Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side.