Hamathite

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noun

A descendant of Canaan, according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16, inhabiting the Kingdom of Hamath, located in what is now western Syria and northern Lebanon.

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Meanings

nounHamathite (plural Hamathites)

plural Hamathites

  1. historicalA descendant of Canaan, according to Genesis 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 1:16, inhabiting the Kingdom of Hamath, located in what is now western Syria and northern Lebanon.

    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.

Origin

From Hamath + -ite.

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APA

Hamathite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hamathite

MLA

“Hamathite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hamathite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hamathite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hamathite.

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