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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