חִוִּי

Strong’s Definition

a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

perhaps from H2333 (חַוָּה); a villager;

KJV Usage

Hivite.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Chivvîy; Pronunciation: khiv-vee'