Hi Roger and Marques,
Some more information on the meaning of Hivites. This is an awsome amount of Revelation;
well worth revisiting at this time i think.
Gen 36: 1-8(CLV)
1- And these are the genealogical annals of Esau (He is Edom):
2- Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon, the Hittite; and Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon, the Hivite;"
3- and Bashemath, the daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth.
4- And bearing is Adah for Esau Eliphaz, and Bashemath bears Reuel,
5- and Aholibamah bears Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born for him in the land of Canaan.
6- And taking is Esau his wives and his sons and his daughters and all the souls of his household, and all his cattle and all his beasts and all his acquisitions, and all that he got in the land of Canaan, and going is he from the land of Canaan, from the face of Jacob, his brother,
7- for it comes that they get more than may dwell together, and the land of their sojourning cannot bear them, in view of the multitude of their cattle.
8- And dwelling is Esau in mount Seir. (Esau, he is Edom..
Strongs:H2340
חוּי
chivvîy
khiv-vee'
Perhaps from H2333; a villager; a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine: - Hivite.
H2333
חוּה
chavvâh
khav-vaw'
Properly the same as H2332 (lifegiving, that is, living place); by implication an encampment or village: - (small) town.
BDB Definition:H2333
חוּה
chavvâh
1) village, town, tent village
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: properly, the same as H2332 (life-giving, i.e. living-place)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 617a
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