Hivite
English
Etymology 1
From Ecclesiastical Latin Eveum,[1] from Ancient Greek Ευαῖον (Euaîon),[2] from Biblical Hebrew חִוִּי (ḥiûî).[3]
Noun
Hivite (plural Hivites)
- (historical) A member of one group of descendants of Canaan, son of Ham, according to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 (10:17) in the Bible.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 10:15-18::
- And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
Translations
member of the tribe
Etymology 2
From hive + -ite, as a pun on bees and beehives.
Noun
Hivite (plural Hivites)
- (slang) A student or alumnus of St Bees School, West Cumbria, England.
References
- ^ "Genesis (Genesis) 10 (VUL) - Eveum et Araceum Sineum." Blue Letter Bible. Web. 28 Jul, 2025 <https://www.blueletterbible.org/vul/gen/10/17/t_concif_10017>.
- ^ "Γένεσις (Genesis) 10 (LXX) - καὶ τὸν Ευαῖον καὶ τὸν." Blue Letter Bible. Web. 28 Jul, 2025. <https://www.blueletterbible.org/lxx/gen/10/17/t_concl_10017>.
- ^ "H2340 - ḥiûî - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (lxx)." Blue Letter Bible. Web. 1 Aug, 2025. <https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h2340/lxx/wlc/0-1/>.
- John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary