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CYPRUS. 41 
CrnuM derived its name from the Hebrew ^"z^^- 
appellation for the island Chetim ; the Chittim, 
or Cittim, of the Holy Scriptures^ It was famous 
as the birthplace of ^pollonius, a disciple of 
Hippocrates; and of Zewo, who, being shipwrecked 
(7) This word, having' a plural termination, is said to imply the de- 
scendants of Ceth, the son oijuvan. Josephus places their establishment 
ill the Isle of Ct/pits; and the Seventy Interpreters render the word by 
KHTlOI, that is to say, the Ketii or Cetii. The valuable compilation 
of Dapper, (Description des Isles de V Archipel,) written orisfinally ia 
the Flemish language, of which a French translation was published, in 
folio, &X. jimsterdam, in 1702, concentrates much valuable information 
upon the subject of Ci/prus. The author believes he shall contribute 
to the reader's gratification, by inserting from that work, which is now 
rare, the observations concerning the name of the island. "This 
island, which all the Greek and Latin authors have called KyVjaj, or 
O/prus, and which is designated under that name in the New Testa- 
ment, had been known under that of Chetima, or of Chetim, among 
the Hebrews; as Josephus relates in the first book, chap. 7. of his 
Jewish Antiquities ; deriving it from Chetimos, or Chetim, son of 
Javan, son of Japhet, son of Noah, who, in the division of territories, 
had thcrfirst possession of this isle. Thence it followed, that all islands, 
and maritime places, were called Chetim by the Hebrews. He supports 
this opinion, by shewing that Citium is a name corrupted from that of 
one of the cities of the island, which is derived from the appellation 
Chetim, borne by the whole island ; 'for,' says he, ' it was called 
Citium by those who wished to render, by a Grecism, the name of 
Chetimos, of Chittim, or of Chetim, which seems couched under that 
of Citium.* St. Jerom relates (Comment, in Esai, in Traduct. Hebr, in 
Genes.) that some authors have translated the word Chetim, in the 
Prophet Isaiah, by that of Ci/prtis; and that the Chetims are the 
Cyprians; whence a city of the island still bore, in his time, the 
name of Citium. Tlieodoret (in Hierem. c. 2.) shews that it is called 
Chetivi in the Prophet «/e/'eW(««A .- and Zonaras (2.C.2. r. 9. Annul.) 
affirms that " Chetima is the island which the Greeks call Kv-r^os, whereof 
Chetim, great grandson of Noah, had been the original possessor." Les, 
Isles de l'Archipcl,par Dapper, Amst. 1102. p. 21. 
