Heth in the Bible
Meaning: trembling; fear
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Heth » Son of canaan, and ancestor of the hittites
Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth
Canaan became the father of Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
to Abraham as his possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all who were entering at the gate of his city.
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth [these insolent wives of Esau]. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”
Now Ephron was present there among the sons of Heth; so within the hearing of all the sons of Heth and all who were entering the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, saying,
So Abraham listened to Ephron [and agreed to his terms]; and he weighed out for Ephron the [amount of] silver which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.
Then Abraham stood up before his dead [wife’s body], and spoke to the sons of Heth (Hittites), saying,
The Hittites replied to Abraham,
So Abraham stood up and bowed to the people of the land, the Hittites.
the field and the cave that is in it was purchased from the sons of Heth.”