Heth
See also: heth
English
Etymology 1
Likely of multiple origins, including:
- From an anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Áed. [1]
- From Middle English heeth.[2]
Proper noun
Heth (plural Heths)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Heth is the 25751st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 957 individuals. Heth is most common among White (87.88%) individuals.
References
- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022 p. 172 <https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer0000unse_r0m5/page/172/mode/2up?q=Heth>
- ^ https://www.houseofnames.com/heth-family-crest
Etymology 2
From Ecclesiastical Latin Ettheum[1], from Ancient Greek Χετταῖον (Khettaîon)[2], from Biblical Hebrew חֵת (ḥēṯ).[3]
Proper noun
- (biblical) A "son" of Canaan. Progenitor of a Canaanite people known as "The sons of Heth", located in near the city of Hebron.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 10:15-18::
- And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 23:3::
- And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
Derived terms
- בְּנֵי חֵת (bᵊnê ḥēṯ, “the sons of Heth”).
References
- ^ "Genesis (Genesis) 10 (VUL) - Chanaan autem genuit Sidonem primogenitum." Blue Letter Bible. Web. 15 Aug, 2025. <https://www.blueletterbible.org/vul/gen/10/15/t_concif_10015>.
- ^ "Γένεσις (Genesis) 10 (LXX) - Χανααν δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Σιδῶνα." Blue Letter Bible. Web. 15 Aug, 2025. <https://www.blueletterbible.org/lxx/gen/10/15/t_concif_10015>.
- ^ "H2845 - ḥēṯ - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (lxx)." Blue Letter Bible. Web. 15 Aug, 2025.<https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h2845/lxx/wlc/0-1/>.