Hivite — Bible person

One of the original tribes scattered over Palestine, from Hermon to Gibeon in the south. The name is interpreted as “midlanders” or “villagers” (Gen. 10:17; 1 Chr. 1:15). They were probably a branch of the Hittites. At the time of Jacob’s return to Canaan, Hamor the Hivite was the “prince of the land” (Gen. 24:2-28).

They are next mentioned during the Conquest (Josh. 9:7; 11:19). They principally inhabited the northern confines of Western Palestine (Josh. 11:3; Judg. 3:3). A remnant of them still existed in the time of Solomon (1 Kings 9:20).

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Recorded scripture occurrences (9)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

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: 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: 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.

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