Kittim
Son of Javan, ancestor of the coastal peoples
Kittim was a son of Javan and is regarded as the ancestor of the peoples of Cyprus and the coastal lands in the eastern Mediterranean. The name is later used in the Bible to refer to sea powers and people from the west.
Familie
Schlüsselereignisse
Mentioned in the Table of Nations
Kittim is listed among the sons of Javan in the Table of Nations as the ancestor of the coastal peoples around the Mediterranean.
4The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Dodanim.
וּבְנֵ֥י יָוָ֖ן אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישׁ כִּתִּ֖ים וְדֹדָנִֽים׃