Heth is, according to
Genesis
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Bible
* Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of mankind
* Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Book o ...
10:15, the second son of
Canaan, who is son of
Ham, son of
Noah
Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5– ...
. Heth is the ancestor of the
Hittites, second of the twelve
Canaanite nations descended from his sons, who lived near
Hebron (Genesis 23:3,7).
In Genesis 10:15-16, Heth is placed between Sidon and the
Jebusites,
Amorites,
Girgasites,
Hivites,
Arkite
Arqa ( ar, عرقا; akk, 𒅕𒋡𒋫, translit=Irqata) is a Lebanese village near Miniara in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, 22 km northeast of Tripoli, near the coast.
The town was a notable city-state during the Iron Age. The city of '' ...
,
Sinite,
Arvadite
This list contains tribes or other groups of people named in the Bible of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections.
A Accaba, descendants of
For the descendants of "Accaba" (1 Esd ...
,
Zemarite
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A Accaba, descendants of
For the descendants of "Accaba" (1 Esd ...
,
Hamathite
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A Accaba, descendants of
For the descendants of "Accaba" (1 Esd ...
and other peoples, showing their descent through their children, called "
Children of Heth
The Hittites, also spelled Hethites, were a group of people mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Under the names (''bny-ḥt'' "children of Heth", who was the son of Canaan) and (''ḥty'' "native of Heth") they are described several times as living ...
"(Genesis 23:3, 5, 7, 10, 16, 18, 20).
Heth means ''Terror''.
Strong's Concordance
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References
Book of Genesis people
Hittite people
Founders of biblical tribes
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