Heth

"Dread, a descendant of Canaan, and the ancestor of the Hittites" "(Gen. 10:18; Deut. 7:1), who dwelt in the vicinity of Hebron" "(Gen. 23:3, 7). The Hittites were a Hamitic race. They are" "called "the sons of Heth" (Gen. 23:3, 5, 7, 10, 16, 18, 20)."

"Wrapped up, a place on the north border of Palestine. The "way" "of Hethlon" (Ezek. 47:15; 48:1) is probably the pass at the end" of Lebanon from the Mediterranean to the great plain of Hamath "(q.v.), or the "entrance of Hamath."

Definition of Heth:
"trembling; fear"