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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72153" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72153" /> == | ||
<p> '''Chit'tim.''' ''(bruisers).'' [[A]] family or race descended from Javan. Genesis 10:4; 1 Chronicles 1:7. Authorized Version, | <p> '''Chit'tim.''' ''(bruisers).'' [[A]] family or race descended from Javan. Genesis 10:4; 1 Chronicles 1:7. Authorized Version, [[Kittim]] . Chittim is frequently noticed in Scripture. Numbers 24:24; Isaiah 23:1; Isaiah 23:12; Jeremiah 2:10; Ezekiel 27:6; Daniel 11:30. </p> <p> In the above passages, the "isles of Chittim," the "ships of Chittim", the "coasts of Chittim," are supposed to refer to the island of Cyprus. [[Josephus]] considered [[Cyprus]] , the original seat of the [[Chittim]] . The name Chittim, which in the first instance, had implied to Phoenicians only, passed over to the islands which they had occupied, and thence, to the people who succeeded the Phoenicians in the occupation of them. </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69912" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69912" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Chittim]] or [[Kittim]] (''kit'tîm'' ). Numbers 24:24; Isaiah 23:1; Isaiah 23:12; Jeremiah 2:10; Ezekiel 27:6; Daniel 11:30. [[R.]] [[V.]] always reads Kittim. In these passages the "Isles," "ships," "products," and "people"of [[Kittim]] are mentioned or alluded to; hence the name has generally been supposed to mean the island of Cyprus, though Kitto thinks it a general term applied to islands and coasts west of Palestine. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31050" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31050" /> == | ||
