Chit'tim. (bruisers). A family or race descended from Javan. Gen_10:4; 1Ch_1:7.
Authorized Version, Kittim. Chittim is frequently noticed in Scripture. Num_24:24; Isa_23:1;
Isa_23:12; Jer_2:10;
Eze_27:6; Dan_11:30.
In the above passages, the "isles of Chittim," the "ships
of Chittim", the "coasts of Chittim," are supposed to refer to
the island of Cyprus. Josephus considered Cyprus, the original seat of
the Chittim. The name Chittim, which in the first instance, had implied
to Phoenicians only, passed over to the islands which they had occupied, and
thence, to the people who succeeded the Phoenicians in the occupation of them.
Source:
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Chittim
kit´im. See KITTIM.
Source:
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Kittim
kit´im (כּתּים, kittīm, Isa_23:12; Jer_2:10;
כּתּ׃יּים, kittīyīm,
apparently plural of kittī (not found, but compare (4) below); Κήτιοι, Kḗtioi,
Κίτιοι, Kítioi,
Κητιείμ,
Kētieím, Jer_2:10; Χεττιείμ,
Chettieím, Χεττιείν,
Chetteín):
Source:
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Chittim
Or Kittim, a plural form (Gen_10:4),
the name of a branch of the descendants of Javan, the “son” of Japheth. Balaam
foretold (Num_24:24) “that ships shall
come from the coast of Chittim, and afflict Eber.” Daniel prophesied (Dan_11:30) that the ships of Chittim would come
against the king of the north. It probably denotes Cyprus, whose ancient
capital was called Kition by the Greeks.
The references elsewhere made to Chittim (Isa_23:1,
Isa_23:12; Jer_2:10;
Eze_27:6) are to be explained on the
ground that while the name originally designated the Phoenicians only, it came
latterly to be used of all the islands and various settlements on the
sea-coasts which they had occupied, and then of the people who succeeded them when
the Phoenician power decayed. Hence it designates generally the islands and
coasts of the Mediterranean and the races that inhabit them.
Source:
Easton’s Bible Dictionary