Havilah
חֲוִילָהStrong’s H2341chavilah (cha-vi-lah)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chavilah is the Hebrew word usually translated “havilah” and “from havilah”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;”
Meaning
- § Havilah = "circle"
- A part of Eden through which flowed the river Pison (Araxes); was probably the Grecian Colchis, in the northeast corner of Asia Minor, near the Caspian Sea
- A district in Arabia of the Ishmaelites named from the 2nd son of Cush; probably the district of Kualan, in the northwestern part of Yemen
- A son of Cush
- A son of Joktan
- A part of Eden through which flowed the river Pison (Araxes); was probably the Grecian Colchis, in the northeast corner of Asia Minor, near the Caspian Sea
- § Havilah = "circle"
How it's translated
- havilah 3
- and havilah 2
- from havilah 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 4
- 1 Chronicles 2
- 1 Samuel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 10:7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
- Genesis 10:29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
- Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
- 1 Samuel 15:7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
- 1 Chronicles 1:9And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:23And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
Hebrew dictionary
חֲוִילָה chavilah · Havilah
§ Havilah = "circle" a part of Eden through which flowed the river Pison (Araxes); was probably the Grecian Colchis, in the northeast corner of Asia Minor, near the Caspian Sea
חֲוִילָה chavilah · Havilah
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7; son of: Cush (H3568); brother of: Seba (H5434), Sabtah (H5454), Raamah (H7484), Sabteca (H5455) and Nimrod (H5248) § Havilah = "circle" 1) a part of Eden through which flowed the river Pison (Araxes); was probably the Grecian Colchis, in the northeast corner of Asia Minor, near the Caspian Sea 2) a district in Arabia of the Ishmaelites named from the 2nd son of Cush; probably the district of Kualan, in the northwestern part of Yemen 3) a son of Cush 4) a son of Joktan
חֲוִילָה chavilah · Havilah
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.29; son of: Joktan (H3355); brother of: Almodad (H0486), Sheleph (H8026), Hazarmaveth (H2700), Jerah (H3392), Hadoram (H1913A), Uzal (H0187), Diklah (H1853), Obal (H5745), Abimael (H0039), Sheba (H7614H), Ophir (H0211) and Jobab (H3103) § Havilah = "circle" 1) a part of Eden through which flowed the river Pison (Araxes); was probably the Grecian Colchis, in the northeast corner of Asia Minor, near the Caspian Sea …
חֲוִילָה chavilah · Havilah
§ Havilah = "circle" a district in Arabia of the Ishmaelites named from the 2nd son of Cush; probably the district of Kualan, in the northwestern part of Yemen
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.