Strong's H3794 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: כִּתִּי (Kittîy)

Pronunciation: kit-tee'

Morphology: a

Name Meaning: Chittim or Kittim = "bruisers"

Derivation: or כִּתִּיִּי (Kittîyîy); patrial from an unused name denoting Cyprus (only in the plural);

Definition: a Kittite or Cypriote; hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine

KJV Renderings: Chittim, Kittim.

Senses

1. a general term for all islanders of the Mediterranean Sea
2. the descendants of Javan, the son of Japheth and grandson of Noah

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.