Chivvîy — H2340

H2340 · Hebrew — חוי

Pronunciation: khiv-vee'

Definition

masculine patronymic noun

a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine

  1. Hivite = "villagers"
  2. 6th generation of descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, who were living in northern Canaan near Mount Hermon at the time of the conquest

Usually translated as

Hivite

Origin

perhaps from H2333; a villager

Occurrences

Chivvîy occurs 25 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (7), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (7), Judges (2), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C