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Hivite

חִוִּיStrong’s H2340

chivvi (chiv-vi)

Appears in 25 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Chivvi is the Hebrew word usually translated “hivite”. It appears in 25 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,”
Genesis 10:17 KJV
Meaning
  1. Someone descended from Hiv(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.17; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577)
How it's translated
  • the hivite 16
  • and the hivite 9

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 7
  • Joshua 7
  • Genesis 3
  • Deuteronomy 2
  • Judges 2
  • 2 Samuel 1

9 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 25 verses, by book
Genesis 3
10:1734:236:2
Deuteronomy 2
7:120:17
Judges 2
3:33:5
2 Samuel 1
24:7
1 Kings 1
9:20
1 Chronicles 1
1:15
2 Chronicles 1
8:7
Hebrew dictionary

חִוִּי chivvi · Hivite

Someone descended from Hiv(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.17; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577) § Hivite = "villagers" 6th generation of descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, who were living in northern Canaan near Mount Hermon at the time of the conquest

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.