Hivites חִוִּי

Group Early Patriarch H2340 9 books

A Canaanite people group.

Biography

The Hivites were one of the Canaanite people groups that inhabited the land of Canaan prior to the Israelite conquest. They are first mentioned in Gen.10.17 and 1Ch.1.15 as descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham.

The Hivites lived in various parts of Canaan, including the region around Shechem (Gen.34.2), the area near Mount Hermon (Jos.11.3), and the cities of Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim (Jos.9.7, 17). They were among the tribes that God promised to drive out before the Israelites (Exo.3.8, 17; 13.5; 23.23, 28; 33.2; 34.11; Deu.7.1; 20.17; Jos.3.10).

During the Israelite conquest of Canaan, the Hivites of Gibeon tricked Joshua into making a peace treaty with them.

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In Scripture

9 biblical books ; 4 with study content
Genesis 3 verses
  • Genesis 10:17

    "the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,"

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  • Genesis 34:2

    "Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her."

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  • Genesis 36:2

    "Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite;"

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Exodus 5 verses
  • Exodus 3:8

    "I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite."

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  • Exodus 3:17

    "I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” ’"

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  • Exodus 13:5

    "It shall be, when Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month."

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  • Exodus 23:23

    "For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off."

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  • Exodus 23:28

    "I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you."

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Deuteronomy 2 verses
  • Deuteronomy 7:1

    "When Yahweh your God brings you into the land where you go to possess it, and casts out many nations before you—the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite—seven nations greater and mightier than you;"

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  • Deuteronomy 20:17

    "but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Yahweh your God has commanded you;"

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Joshua 5 verses
  • Joshua 3:10

    "Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite out from before you."

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  • Joshua 9:1

    "When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it"

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  • Joshua 9:7

    "The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “What if you live among us? How could we make a covenant with you?”"

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  • Joshua 11:3

    "to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah."

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  • Joshua 11:19

    "There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all in battle."

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Judges 2 verses
  • Judges 3:3

    "the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath."

  • Judges 3:5

    "The children of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites."

2 Samuel 1 verse
  • 2 Samuel 24:7

    "and came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beersheba."

Names & Aliases

Form Language Script Strong's
Group Hebrew חִוִּי H2340