1
: a member of a conquering people in Asia Minor and Syria with an empire in the second millennium b.c.
2
: the extinct Indo-European language of the Hittites see Indo-European Languages Table
Hittite
adjective
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Per Anatolian Archaeology, ancient rock tombs found in Şanlıurfa usually date to the late Hittite and Roman periods.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
Indeed, one of the most famous stories about him is his depravity in condemning a soldier, Uriah the Hittite, to a brutal death so that David could take Uriah’s wife, Bat-Sheva, as his own.
—Jacob F. Love, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Recall the biblical story of King David and his soldier Uriah the Hittite.
—Mark Lilla, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
Until the foundation of Turkey, there had been only two Anatolian states that controlled most of the peninsula: the first was the Hittite Empire in the second millennium BC, and the second was the Turkish Seljuk sultanate from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.
—Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2016
Severe multi-year drought coincident with Hittite collapse around 1198–1196 BC
University of Gothenburg.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2024
Researchers believe the text documents a foreign religious ritual of interest to Hittite scribes.
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Two 476,000-year-old logs uncovered in a riverbed near Kalambo Falls, along with several wood tools, may be the oldest example to date of early humans using wood to build.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
Nathan the Prophet was sent by Yahweh to reprimand King David for the rape of Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah the Hittite, and yet Nathan ultimately consolidates David’s reign.
—Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
An imposing castle in the city of Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey, which sits on a site that can be traced back to the ancient Hittite empire, has been left in ruins by Monday's devastating earthquake.
—Aina J. Khan, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2023
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
Indeed, one of the most famous stories about him is his depravity in condemning a soldier, Uriah the Hittite, to a brutal death so that David could take Uriah’s wife, Bat-Sheva, as his own.
—Jacob F. Love, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Recall the biblical story of King David and his soldier Uriah the Hittite.
—Mark Lilla, Harper's Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
Until the foundation of Turkey, there had been only two Anatolian states that controlled most of the peninsula: the first was the Hittite Empire in the second millennium BC, and the second was the Turkish Seljuk sultanate from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.
—Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2016
Severe multi-year drought coincident with Hittite collapse around 1198–1196 BC
University of Gothenburg.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2024
Researchers believe the text documents a foreign religious ritual of interest to Hittite scribes.
ZAMBIA
Two 476,000-year-old logs uncovered in a riverbed near Kalambo Falls, along with several wood tools, may be the oldest example to date of early humans using wood to build.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
Nathan the Prophet was sent by Yahweh to reprimand King David for the rape of Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah the Hittite, and yet Nathan ultimately consolidates David’s reign.
—Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
An imposing castle in the city of Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey, which sits on a site that can be traced back to the ancient Hittite empire, has been left in ruins by Monday's devastating earthquake.
—Aina J. Khan, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2023
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“Hittite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hittite. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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