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Kittim

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(Gen. 10:4⁴And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (Genesis 10:4); 1 Chron. 1:7⁷And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (1 Chronicles 1:7)). [CHITTIM.]

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Son of Javan, a son of Japheth (Gen. 10:4⁴And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (Genesis 10:4); 1 Chron. 1:7⁷And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (1 Chronicles 1:7)). He is supposed to have settled on the island of Cyprus, which was hence called CHITTIM.

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

beaters down: crushers