Cheth in Hebrew, father of the Hittites, one of the tribes living in the Holy Land; cf. Genesis 15:20. They lived to the west of the Dead Sea around Hebron; Genesis 23:5. Both the Hittites long lost Hattians and Amorites were associated with the Jerusalem area; Ezekiel 16:3,45. They were completely exterminated by the Israelites.