Strong’s H2340 · Hebrew
חִוִּי
Chivvîy
khiv-vee'
Definition
a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine
Etymology
perhaps from H2333 (חַוָּה); a villager;
Where the KJV renders it
- Hivite
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