Definition

a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine

Etymology

perhaps from H2333 (חַוָּה); a villager;

Word family

• חַוָּה chavvâh

How the KJV renders it

• Hivite

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.