People of the Bible
Hivite
Family
- Father
- Canaan
- Brothers and sisters
- Amorite, Arkite, Arvadite, Girgasite, Hamathite, Heth, Jebusite, Sinite, Zemarite, Zidon
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
One of the original tribes scattered over Palestine, from Hermon to Gibeon in the south. The name is interpreted as “midlanders” or “villagers” (Gen. 10:17; 1 Chr. 1:15). They were probably a branch of the Hittites. At the time of Jacob’s return to Canaan, Hamor the Hivite was the “prince of the land” (Gen. 24:2-28).
They are next mentioned during the Conquest (Josh. 9:7; 11:19). They principally inhabited the northern confines of Western Palestine (Josh. 11:3; Judg. 3:3). A remnant of them still existed in the time of Solomon (1 Kings 9:20).
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 9 verses
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.