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Name of a pre-Israelite group living in Canaan. Though not yet discovered/rated archaeologically or from secular history as a people, they were regarded as emerging from a son of Canaan (Gn 10:17) and as inhabiting areas of the Lebanon Mountains (Jgs 3:3) and Mt Hermon (Jos 11:3). They are referred to frequently as a group dispossessed by Israel (Jos 12:8; 24:11; 1 Kgs 9:20) but who managed to survive into the kingdom period (2 Sm 24:7) and lived at that time near Tyre as well as in other possible areas. Some scholars think that an error in copying, involving the changing of the letters r (resh) to w (waw) was responsible for the origin of the name Hivite from Horite.

Show passage in OET: GEN 10:17

OET-RV GEN 10:17

17 Hivi, Arki, Sini,

OET-LV GEN 10:17

17 And_DOM the_Ḩiūī and_DOM the_ˊArqī and_DOM the_Şīnī.

Show passage in OET: JDG 3:3

OET-RV JDG 3:3

3 the five Pelishti rulers and the Kena’anim (Canaanites), the Tsidonim (Sidonians), the Hivim that live on Mt. Levanon between Mt. Ba’al-Hermon and Levo -Hamat.

OET-LV JDG 3:3

3 The _five _of the _rulers _of the_Pəlishtiy and_all the_Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)[s] and_the_Sidonian[s] and_the_Ḩiūī[s] who _was_dwelling of _the _mount _of of _(the)_Ləⱱānōn from_hill of Baˊal to Ləⱱōʼ Ḩₐmāt.

Show passage in OET: JOS 11:3

OET-RV JOS 11:3

3 and the kings of the Kena’anim (Canaanites) both east and west, and the Amorim, Hitim, Perizim, and the Yevusim who lived in the hill country, and to the Hivim by Mt. Hermon in the Mitspah region.

OET-LV JOS 11:3

3 The_Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)[s] from_the_east and_from_the_west and_the_ʼAmorī[s] and_the_Ḩittiy[s] and_the_Pərizzī[s] and_the_Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)[s] in_country and_the_Ḩiūī[s] under Ḩermōn in_land of _(the)_Miʦpāh.

Show passage in OET: JOS 12:8

OET-RV JOS 12:8

8 as well as the hill country, the lowlands, the rift valley, the slopes, the wilderness and the Negev—the land of the Hitim, Amorim, Kena’anim (Canaanites), Perizim, Hivim, and the Yevusim:

OET-LV JOS 12:8

8 In_country and_in_Shephelah and_in_ˊArāⱱāh and_on_slopes and_in_wilderness and_in_Negeⱱ the_Ḩittiy[s] the_ʼAmorī and_the_Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)[s] the_Pərizzī[s] the_Ḩiūī and_the_Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)[s].

Show passage in OET: JOS 24:11

OET-RV JOS 24:11

11 Then you crossed over the Yarden river and arrived at Yeriho (Jericho). The men of Yeriho fought against you all, as did the Amorim, the Perizim, the Kena’anim (Canaanites), the Hitim, the Girgashim, the Hivim, and the Yevusim but I helped you all to defeat them.

OET-LV JOS 24:11

11 And_you(pl)_passed _over DOM the_Yardēn and_you(pl)_came to Yərīḩō/(Jericho) and_they _fought against_you(pl) the _citizens _of Yərīḩō the_ʼAmorī and_the_Pərizzī[s] and_the_Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)[s] and_the_Ḩittiy[s] and_the_Girgāshiy[s] the_Ḩiūī and_the_Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)[s] and_I _gave them in_hand _of_your(pl).

Show passage in OET: KI1 9:20

OET-RV KI1 9:20

20 All the remaining Amori, Hiti, Perizi, Hivi, and Yevusi people (they weren’t descendants of Yisrael (Israel)),

OET-LV KI1 9:20

20 All _of the_people which_remained of the_ʼAmorī the_Ḩittiy[s] the_Pərizzī[s] the_Ḩiūī and_the_Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)[s] who not from_(the)_sons of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they.

Show passage in OET: SA2 24:7

OET-RV SA2 24:7

7 Then they came to the Tsor (Tyre) fortress and all the cities of the Hivim and the Kena’anim (Canaanites) before going east to Be’er -Sheva in the Negev wilderness (part of Yehudah).

OET-LV SA2 24:7

7 And_they _came the _fortress _of Tsor/(Tyre) and_all the _cities _of the_Ḩiūī and_the_Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)[s] and_they _went _out to the _Negeⱱ _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) Bəʼēr Sheⱱaˊ.

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Others have suggested a scribal confusion of names, since Zibeon is called a Hivite in Genesis 36:2 and a Horite in verses 20 and 29. In several cases the Septuagint gives “Horite” in place of the Masoretic Text “Hivite” (Gn 34:2; Jos 9:7). Other passages in the Septuagint read “Hittite” rather than “Hivite” (Jos 11:3; Jgs 3:3).

Show passage in OET: GEN 36:2

OET-RV GEN 36:2

2 Esav had married two local women from the Kena’an (Canaan) region: Adah (the Hiti Eylon’s daughter) and Oholivamah (Anah’s daughter and granddaughter of the Hivi Tsivoen)

OET-LV GEN 36:2

2 ˊĒsāv he _took DOM wives _of_his from_the _daughters _of Kənaˊan/(Canaan) DOM ˊĀdāh the _daughter _of ʼĒylōn the_Ḩittiy and_DOM ʼĀhₑlīⱱāmāh the _daughter _of ˊAnāh the _daughter _of Tsiⱱˊōn/(Zibeon) the_Ḩiūī.

Show passage in OET: GEN 36:20

OET-RV GEN 36:20

20 These were the sons of Se’ir the Hori who were inhabiting that area: Lotan, Shoval, Tsivoen, Anah,

OET-LV GEN 36:20

20 These were_the _sons _of Sēˊīr the_Ḩorīte the _inhabitants _of the_earth/land Lōţān and_Shōⱱāl and_Tsiⱱˊōn and_ˊAnāh.

Show passage in OET: GEN 36:29

OET-RV GEN 36:29

29 These were the chiefs of the Horim: Chief Lotan, Chief Shoval, Chief Tsivoen, Chief Anah,

OET-LV GEN 36:29

29 These were_the _chiefs _of the _Ḩorīte[s] chief Lōţān chief Shōⱱāl chief Tsiⱱˊōn chief ˊAnāh.

Show passage in OET: GEN 34:2

OET-RV GEN 34:2

2 but Shekem, the son of Hamor the Hivi, the ruler of the land, saw her and he grabbed her and raped her.

OET-LV GEN 34:2

2 And_ Shəkem the _son _of Ḩₐmōr the_Ḩiūī the _chief _of the_earth/land _he/it _saw DOM_her/it and_he/it _took DOM_her/it and_he _lay DOM_her/it and_he_humiliated _her.

Show passage in OET: JOS 9:7

OET-RV JOS 9:7

7 An Israeli man asked the Hivi (because Gilead was in the Hivi region), “Perhaps you really live near by? How could we make a treaty with you?”

OET-LV JOS 9:7

7 And the _man _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to the_Ḩiūī perhaps in_midst _of_my you are_dwelling and_how will _I _make to/for_yourself(m) a _covenant.

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The overlapping or equivalence of Hivite and Horite in Genesis 36 probably indicates some relationship between the two peoples (cf. Ishmaelites and Midianites in Gn 37:27-28, 36 OET GEN 37:27–28 · OET GEN 37:36). Perhaps both Horites and Hivites are related to the Hurrians, who are well attested archaeologically.

Show passage in OET: GEN 37:27–28; GEN 37:36

OET-RV GEN 37:27

27 Let’s sell him to these Yishmaelim so we won’t be guilty of killing him. After all, he’s our brother—our own flesh and blood.” And his brothers agreed.

OET-RV GEN 37:28

28 So when the Midyanite traders came past, the brothers pulled Yosef up and lifted him out of the pit and sold him to the Yishmaelim for twenty pieces of silver. Then the traders took Yosef onwards with them to Mitsrayim.

OET-RV GEN 37:36

36 Meanwhile, the Midyanites arrived in Mitsrayim (Egypt) and sold him to Potifar—Par’oh’s (Pharaoh) captain of the guards.

OET-LV GEN 37:27

27 Come and_let_us _sell _him to_Yishmāˊ^ʼēlī and_hand _of_our not let _it _be in_him/it if/because brother _of_is_our flesh _of_our _own he and_ brothers _of_his _they _heard.

OET-LV GEN 37:28

28 And_ men Midyānite[s] traders _they _passed _by and_they _drew and_they _brought _up DOM Yōşēf from the_pit and_they _sold DOM Yōşēf to_Yishmāˊ^ʼēlī for_twenty silver and_they _brought DOM Yōşēf towards_Miʦrayim.

OET-LV GEN 37:36

36 And_the_Midyānites they _sold DOM_him/it into Miʦrayim/(Egypt) to_Pōţīfar an _official _of Parˊoh the _commander _of the _bodyguards.

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The fact that there are some 25 occurrences of the name “Hivite(s)” in the OT, nearly one-third of which come in Joshua, makes it probable that they were a distinct people. Aside from Hivites in Palestine, they also appeared in Edomite territory (Gn 36:2). OT references to Hivites include Hamor (Gn 34:2), the men of Gibeon (Jos 9:7), the northern Hivites (Jgs 3:3-8), and those who lived near Tyre (2 Sm 24:7). During the reign of Solomon, the Hivites and other foreign inhabitants of the land were made slaves; that is, they were put under forced labor (1 Kgs 9:20-21; 2 Chr 8:7).

Show passage in OET: JDG 3:3–8

OET-RV JDG 3:3

3 the five Pelishti rulers and the Kena’anim (Canaanites), the Tsidonim (Sidonians), the Hivim that live on Mt. Levanon between Mt. Ba’al-Hermon and Levo -Hamat.

OET-RV JDG 3:4

4 They were left to test Yisrael to find out if they would obey Yahweh’s instructions that had been given through Mosheh (Moses) to their ancestors,

OET-RV JDG 3:5

5 and so the Israelis lived among the Kena’anim, the Hitim, the Amorim, the Perizim, the Hivim, and the Yevusim.

OET-RV JDG 3:6

6 They took their daughters as wives, and gave their own daughters to be married to their sons, and they worshipped their gods.

OET-RV JDG 3:7

7 So the Israelis did things considered evil by Yahweh and they forgot about their god Yahweh, instead serving the Ba’al and Asherot idols.

OET-RV JDG 3:8

8 Because of that, Yahweh was very angry with Yisrael (Israel), so he handed them over to King Kushan -Rish’atayim of Aram -Naharayim. The Israelis served him for eight years

OET-LV JDG 3:3

OET-LV JDG 3:4

4 And_they _were to_put _to _the _test by_them DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_know will_they _obey DOM the _commands _of YHWH which he _had _commanded DOM ancestors _of_their by_the _hand _of Mosheh.

OET-LV JDG 3:5

5 And_the _sons of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they _dwelt in_the _midst _of the_Kənaˊₐnī[s] the_Ḩittiy[s] and_the_ʼAmorī[s] and_the_Pərizzī[s] and_the_Ḩiūī[s] and_the_Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)[s].

OET-LV JDG 3:6

6 And_they _took DOM daughters _of_their to/for_them to_wives and_DOM daughters _of_their they _gave to_sons _of_their and_they _served DOM gods _of_their.

OET-LV JDG 3:7

7 And_ the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) _they _made DOM the_evil in/on_both _eyes _of YHWH and_they _forgot DOM YHWH god _of_their and_they _served DOM the_Baˊal and_DOM the _ʼAshērāh_poles.

OET-LV JDG 3:8

8 And_ the _anger of_YHWH _it _glowed/burnt on_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_he_sold _them in_the _hand _of Cushan- Rishathaim the _king _of ʼArām and_ the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) _they _served DOM Cushan- Rishathaim eight years.

Show passage in OET: KI1 9:20–21

OET-RV KI1 9:20

20 All the remaining Amori, Hiti, Perizi, Hivi, and Yevusi people (they weren’t descendants of Yisrael (Israel)),

OET-RV KI1 9:21

21 had descendants who continued living in Yisrael. These were people groups that the Israelis hadn’t been able to annihilate so Shelomoh used them for forced labour (where they remain to this day).

OET-LV KI1 9:20

20 All _of the_people which_remained of the_ʼAmorī the_Ḩittiy[s] the_Pərizzī[s] the_Ḩiūī and_the_Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)[s] who not from_(the)_sons of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they.

OET-LV KI1 9:21

21 Descendants _of_their who they _remained after_them on _the_earth whom not the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they _had _been _able to_totally_destroy _them and_he_raised _them Shəlomoh to_forced _labour _of labouring until the_day (the)_this.

Show passage in OET: CH2 8:7

OET-RV CH2 8:7

7 All the people who lived in Yisrael (Israel) but who were actually remnants of the Hitim, Amorim, Perizim, Hivim, and Yevusim,

OET-LV CH2 8:7

7 All _of the_people which_remained of the_Hittite[s] and_the_ʼAmorī[s] and_the_Pərizzī[s] and_the_Ḩiūī[s] and_the_Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)[s] who not were_of_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they.

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