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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51699" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51699" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Hivites]] </strong> . One of the tribes of [[Palestine]] which the [[Israelites]] displaced ( Exodus 3:8; Exodus 3:17 [[[J]] [Note: Jahwist.] ]). Our oldest source [[(J]] [Note: Jahwist.] ) says that they were the people who, fearing to meet the Israelites in battle, by a ruse made a covenant with them ( Joshua 9:7 ). [[A]] Deuteronomic editor states that their villages were Gibeon, Chephira, Kiriath-jearim, and [[Beeroth]] ( Joshua 9:17 ). [[Gibeon]] was six miles [[N.]] [[W.]] of Jerusalem, and Beeroth ten miles [[N.]] of it. Probably, therefore, they inhabited a region north of Jerusalem. [[Genesis]] 34:2 [[(P]] [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ) makes the [[Shechemites]] Hivites, but this is of doubtful authority. The main part of the chapter is silent on this point. In Joshua 11:3 and Judges 3:3 they seem to be located near Hermon in the Lebanon, but ‘Hivite’ is probably here a corruption of ‘Hittite’ (cf. Moore, <em> Judges </em> , p. 79). Deuteronomic editors introduce Hivites often in their list of [[Canaanitish]] peoples, usually placing them before Jebusites. Perhaps this indicates that they lived near Jerusalem. 2 Samuel 24:7 , though vague, is not inconsistent with this. Some have supposed <em> [[Hivite]] </em> to mean ‘villager,’ but the etymology is most uncertain. Really nothing is known of their racial affinities. </p> <p> [[George]] [[A.]] Barton. </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35595" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35595" /> == | ||
<p> [[Hebrew]] always in the singular = "midlanders" (Ewald), "villagers" (Gesenius). Their abode was about Hermon and [[Lebanon]] ( Joshua 11:3, "under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh"; Judges 3:3, "from mount [[Baalhermon]] unto the entering in of Hamath"); toward [[Tyre]] ( 2 Samuel 24:7), and [[Sichem]] or [[Shechem]] ( Genesis 34:11), and Gibeon ( Joshua 9:1; Joshua 9:7). Descended from [[Ham]] ( Genesis 10:17). (See | <p> [[Hebrew]] always in the singular = "midlanders" (Ewald), "villagers" (Gesenius). Their abode was about Hermon and [[Lebanon]] ( Joshua 11:3, "under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh"; Judges 3:3, "from mount [[Baalhermon]] unto the entering in of Hamath"); toward [[Tyre]] ( 2 Samuel 24:7), and [[Sichem]] or [[Shechem]] ( Genesis 34:11), and Gibeon ( Joshua 9:1; Joshua 9:7). Descended from [[Ham]] ( Genesis 10:17). (See [[Avim,]] with whom [[Septuagint]] identify them). </p> <p> [[A]] warm, impulsive, unsuspicious people, as their readiness to accept the cunning proposition of [[Simeon]] and [[Levi]] shows; peaceful and commercial, more keen to gain cattle and wealth than to wage war, as the same story shows; as also that of [[Abimelech]] (Judges 8:33 - 9:53). The [[Shechemite]] idol Baalberith, "Baal of the covenant," was a god of peace not war. Their not revenging themselves on Jacob's family, as he feared, is another proof of their quiet spirit. The [[Gibeonite]] Hivites showed the same unwarlike spirit, with the additional element of craft wherewith they in their turn deceived Israel, as Jacob's sons had deceived their forefathers. </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70219" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70219" /> == | ||
<p> '''Hivites, Land of the''' (hî'vîtes), A region in Canaan, along the coast of the Mediterranean, peopled by some of the descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham. Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:15. On Jacob's return to Canaan, Shechem was in possession of the Hivites, [[Hamor]] the Hivite being the "prince of the land." Genesis 34:2. They voluntarily surrendered their country to Joshua. Joshua 9:7; Joshua 11:19. The main body of the Hivites were then living on the northern confines of western Palestine—"under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh," Joshua 11:3; "in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath." Judges 3:3. They paid tribute to Solomon. 1 Kings 9:20; 2 Chronicles 8:7. Their country appears to have been afterward absorbed by the surrounding nations. </p> | <p> '''Hivites, Land of the''' (''hî'vîtes'' ), [[A]] region in Canaan, along the coast of the Mediterranean, peopled by some of the descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham. Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:15. On Jacob's return to Canaan, Shechem was in possession of the Hivites, [[Hamor]] the Hivite being the "prince of the land." Genesis 34:2. They voluntarily surrendered their country to Joshua. Joshua 9:7; Joshua 11:19. The main body of the Hivites were then living on the northern confines of western Palestine—"under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh," Joshua 11:3; "in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath." Judges 3:3. They paid tribute to Solomon. 1 Kings 9:20; 2 Chronicles 8:7. Their country appears to have been afterward absorbed by the surrounding nations. </p> | ||
== Bridgeway Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_18681" /> == | == Bridgeway Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_18681" /> == | ||
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== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40949" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40949" /> == | ||
Joshua 9:7 Joshua 11:19 Genesis 34:2 Joshua 11:3 Judges 3:3 Deuteronomy 7:1 <p> [[Zibeon]] is identified as a Hivite ( Genesis 36:2 ), but is listed among the [[Horites]] in Genesis 36:20 ,Genesis 36:20, 36:29 . In addition, the Septuagint or earliest Greek translation reads “Horite” for “Hivite” in some texts ( Genesis 34:2; Joshua 9:7 ). This may indicate an early linguistic confusion of “Horite” and “Hivite.” It is unlikely that the two are identical, although the exact relationship is unclear. See [[Horites]] . </p> <p> James C. Moyer </p> | Joshua 9:7 Joshua 11:19 Genesis 34:2 Joshua 11:3 Judges 3:3 Deuteronomy 7:1 <p> [[Zibeon]] is identified as a Hivite ( Genesis 36:2 ), but is listed among the [[Horites]] in Genesis 36:20 ,Genesis 36:20, 36:29 . In addition, the Septuagint or earliest Greek translation reads “Horite” for “Hivite” in some texts ( Genesis 34:2; Joshua 9:7 ). This may indicate an early linguistic confusion of “Horite” and “Hivite.” It is unlikely that the two are identical, although the exact relationship is unclear. See [[Horites]] . </p> <p> James [[C.]] Moyer </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66632" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66632" /> == | ||
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== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31727" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31727" /> == | ||
Genesis 10:17 1 Chronicles 1:15 Genesis 24:2-28 <p> They are next mentioned during the Conquest ( Joshua 9:7; 11:19 ). They principally inhabited the northern confines of Western Palestine ( Joshua 11:3; Judges 3:3 ). A remnant of them still existed in the time of Solomon ( 1 Kings 9:20 ). </p> | Genesis 10:17 1 Chronicles 1:15 Genesis 24:2-28 <p> They are next mentioned during the Conquest ( Joshua 9:7; 11:19 ). They principally inhabited the northern confines of Western Palestine ( Joshua 11:3; Judges 3:3 ). [[A]] remnant of them still existed in the time of Solomon ( 1 Kings 9:20 ). </p> | ||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80875" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80875" /> == | ||
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== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15794" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15794" /> == | ||
<p> Hi´vites, one of the nations of Canaan which occupied Palestine before the Israelites (;;;; ). They occupied the northern and north-eastern part of the country. In , it is stated that 'the Hivites dwelt in Mount Hermon, from Mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath;' and in , the Hivites are described as living 'under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.' The 'cities of the Hivites' are mentioned in , and, from being associated with [[Sidon]] and Tyre, must have been in the northwest. A remnant of the nation still existed in the time of Solomon, who subjected them to a tribute of personal labor, with the remnants of other Canaanitish nations which the Israelites had been unable to expel . A colony of this tribe was also found in Northern Palestine, occupying the towns of Gideon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim: and these obtained from Joshua a treaty of peace by stratagem . </p> | <p> Hi´vites, one of the nations of Canaan which occupied Palestine before the Israelites (;;;; ). They occupied the northern and north-eastern part of the country. In , it is stated that 'the Hivites dwelt in Mount Hermon, from Mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath;' and in , the Hivites are described as living 'under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.' The 'cities of the Hivites' are mentioned in , and, from being associated with [[Sidon]] and Tyre, must have been in the northwest. [[A]] remnant of the nation still existed in the time of Solomon, who subjected them to a tribute of personal labor, with the remnants of other Canaanitish nations which the Israelites had been unable to expel . [[A]] colony of this tribe was also found in Northern Palestine, occupying the towns of Gideon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim: and these obtained from Joshua a treaty of peace by stratagem . </p> | ||
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