Heth in the Bible

Meaning: trembling; fear

Thematic Bible



Canaan also begat Sidon his eldest son and Heth,

And Canaan begat Zidon his eldest son, and Heth,

in the sight of the children of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of the city.

And Rebekah spake to Isaac, "I am weary of my life, for fear of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such one as these are, or of the daughters of the land, what lust should I have to live?"

For Ephron dwelled among the children of Heth. Then Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of his city, saying,

And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron and weighed him the silver which he had said in the audience of the sons of Heth. Even four hundred silver sicles of current money among merchants.

And Abraham stood up from the corpse, and talked with the sons of Heth saying,

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

Abraham stood up and bowed himself before the people of the land the children of Heth.

which field and the cave that is therein, was bought of the children of Heth."


References

Hastings

Easton

Fausets

Morish

Smith

Watsons