Hivite

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noun

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.

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Meanings

Hivite1

nounHivite (plural Hivites)

plural Hivites

  1. historicalA 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.

    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.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 10:15-18

Hivite2

nounHivite (plural Hivites)

plural Hivites

  1. slangA student or alumnus of St Bees School, West Cumbria, England.

Origin

Hivite · noun

From Biblical Hebrew חִוִּי (ḥiwwî) + -ite.

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Hivite · noun

From hive + -ite, as a pun on bees and beehives.

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APA

Hivite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hivite

MLA

“Hivite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hivite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hivite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hivite.

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