Heth in the Bible

Meaning: trembling; fear

Exact Match

And Abraham will rise up and will bow himself to the earth before the sons of Heth.

Verse ConceptsSalutations

And Ephron dwelt in the midst of the sons of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite will answer Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all going to the gate of his city, saying,

Verse ConceptsempiresCitiesBusiness At The GatewayIn Men's Presence

And Abraham will listen to Ephron, and Abraham will weigh to Ephron the silver, which he spake in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, passing for traffic.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Making AgreementsMerchantsTradeWeighingIn Men's PresenceAgreeing With One Anotherhumor

To Abraham for a possession before the eyes of the sons of Heth, with all going to the gate of his city.

Verse ConceptsBusiness At The GatewayIn Men's Presence

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

And Rebekah will say to Isaak, I was finished in my life from the face of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob took a wife from the daughters of Heth, as these from the daughters of the land, for what to me life?

Verse ConceptsHope, Results Of Its AbsenceMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningWearinessWeariness Of Life

The possession of the field and the cave which is in it, from the sons of Heth.

Verse ConceptsPurchasing

[HETH] My portion, is Yahweh, I have promised that I would keep thy words.

Verse ConceptsHeirsGod Is My PortionI Keep The Commandments

Thematic Bible



Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn, then Heth,

Canaan fathered Sidon as his firstborn, then Heth,

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

So Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob marries a Hittite woman like one of them, what good is my life?”

Ephron was sitting among the Hittites. So in the presence of all the Hittites who came to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham:

Abraham agreed with Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver that he had agreed to in the presence of the Hittites: 400 shekels of silver at the current commercial rate.

Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites:

The Hittites replied to Abraham,

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

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


References

Hastings

Easton

Fausets

Morish

Smith

Watsons

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