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== 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''' ( | <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 | 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" /> == |