Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of an ancient people living in Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000–1200 BC.
- noun The Indo-European language of the Hittites.
- adjective Of or relating to the Hittites, their language, or their culture.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a powerful ancient people, probably not Semitic, of northern Syria and parts of Asia Minor.
- Of or pertaining to the Hittites.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples) whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia Minor and southward into Palestine. They are known to have been met along the Orontes as early as 1500 b. c., and were often at war with the Egyptians and Assyrians. Especially in the north they developed a considerable civilization, of which numerous monuments and inscriptions are extant. Authorities are not agreed as to their race. While several attempts have been made to decipher the Hittite characters, little progress has yet been made.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person of the Hittite Kingdom, a
Bronze Age kingdom of Anatolia. - proper noun An ancient
Indo-European language of theAnatolian branch, attested from the 16th centuryBC until the 13th century BC. - adjective Of or relating to the Hittite people.
- adjective Of or relating to the Hittite language.
- adjective Of or relating to the Hittite Kingdom, located in central Anatolia (modern Turkey), that flourished from about 1800 to 1400 BCE.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the Hittite people or their language or culture
- noun a member of an ancient people who inhabited Anatolia and northern Syria about 2000 to 1200 BC
- noun the language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"The Hittite" is made their "mother"; alluding to Esau's wives, daughters of Heth, whose ways vexed Rebekah
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Given that Abraham comes from Ur of the Chaldeas, stops off in Hittite Haran, and then travels down into Canaan, given that the nomadic tribes referred to in contemporary sources as the Habiru or Khabiru who poured down into this region around the time Abraham is said to be arriving (causing the coastal city states no end of grief with their continual raids) were a mix of Hittite and Semitic peoples, given that the Bible portrays Heth (the eponymous tribal forefather) as a son of Canaan, and has the whole region chock-full of Hittites -- it's little wonder that the cultures of the Hittites and the early Hebrews share certain features.
Archive 2006-02-01 Hal Duncan 2006
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Given that Abraham comes from Ur of the Chaldeas, stops off in Hittite Haran, and then travels down into Canaan, given that the nomadic tribes referred to in contemporary sources as the Habiru or Khabiru who poured down into this region around the time Abraham is said to be arriving (causing the coastal city states no end of grief with their continual raids) were a mix of Hittite and Semitic peoples, given that the Bible portrays Heth (the eponymous tribal forefather) as a son of Canaan, and has the whole region chock-full of Hittites -- it's little wonder that the cultures of the Hittites and the early Hebrews share certain features.
The Stain of Sin Hal Duncan 2006
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I encountered that objection once when discussing it online and I didn't know what to say about that until I encountered this informative article entitled Hittite hi-verbs from adverbs that eliminates that argument.
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So Troy became what the Hittites called a “soldier servant,” that is, a Hittite vassal state with military responsibilities, with a promise of Hittite military protection in return.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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So Troy became what the Hittites called a “soldier servant,” that is, a Hittite vassal state with military responsibilities, with a promise of Hittite military protection in return.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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And his sons Isaac and Ish'ma-el buried him in the cave of Machpe'lah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; the field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: Gen. 23. 3-16 there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
Genesis 25. 1999
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And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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The dragon recalls the Hittite slaying of the dragon in the Puruli festival.
MYTH IN BIBLICAL TIMES FRANCIS LEE UTLEY 1968
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Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron ben Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; the field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth; there was Abraham buried and Sarah his wife.
Prolegomena Julius Wellhausen 1881
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