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Strong's #2340 - חִוִּי
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Hivite = “villagers”
1) 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
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1שְׁכֶם ׳בֶּןחֲֿמוֺר הַח Genesis 34:2 (P), compare ׳צִבְעוֺן הַח Genesis 36:2 (but read rather הַחֹרִי Ol Di compare ᵐ5 Joshua 9:7).
2 with article as proper name collective הַחִוִּי the Hivvites 'begotten' by Canaan Genesis 10:17 = 1 Chronicles 1:15; especially in list of Canaanite peoples displaced by Hebrews Exodus 3:8,17; Exodus 13:5; Exodus 23:23,28; Exodus 33:2; Exodus 34:11; Deuteronomy 7:1; Deuteronomy 20:17; Joshua 3:10; Joshua 9:1; Joshua 12:8; Joshua 24:11 (all J E D), Judges 3:5; 1 Kings 9:20 2 Chronicles 8:7; compare וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי׳עָרֵי הַח 2 Samuel 24:7 (note מִבְצַרצֹֿר, צִידוֺן just preceding); applied specifically to Gibeonites Joshua 9:7 (JE), Joshua 11:19 (D). — In Joshua 11:3; Judges 3:3 read probably הַחִתִּי for הַחִוִּי We Mey Bu Urg 350 see (partly) ᵐ5, Dr on Deuteronomy 7:1.
חִוִּי (perh. “belonging to a village,” from חִוָּה =חַוָּה No. 2). A Gentile noun, a Hivite, generally used collectively, the Hivites (LXX. Εὐαῖος), a Canaanitish nation dwelling at the foot of Hermon and Antilibanus (Joshua 11:3; Judges 3:3 ), but also in various other places, as for instance at Gibeon (Genesis 34:2; 2 Samuel 24:7; 1 Kings 9:20; Joshua 11:19).
