I have always thought that the word "heathen" came from the word "Heth," as in Genesis 27: 46: "And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?"
46 Endzhaku ka sweswo Raveka a tshamela ku byela Isaka a ku: "Ndzi fike laha ndzi nyenyaka vutomi lebyi bya mina hikwalaho ka vana lava va Heti va vanhwanyana.+ Loko Yakobe o tshuka a teke nsati eka vana lava va Heti lava fanaka ni vana va vanhwanyana va tiko leri, xana vutomi byi ni mpfuno wihi eka mina?"+