Bible Location
Meaning: breaking; bruising small; gold; coloring · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Kittim is the biblical term associated with Cyprus and, more broadly, western maritime peoples. It is important because it extends the Bible's political and commercial horizon into the sea-lanes of the Mediterranean. First appears in Num 24:24.1
Place meaning
breaking; bruising small; gold; coloring
Coordinates
35.02, 33.21
First appears
Num 24:24
AI summary: Kittim matters because Scripture uses the name for a world beyond the Levantine coast. It begins with the island and peoples linked to Cyprus and later broadens into a symbol for western naval powers. The cross references present Kittim as a maritime western horizon of trade, empire, and distant threat.1
Place meaning
breaking; bruising small; gold; coloring
Latitude
35.02
Longitude
33.21
Bible references
2
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.