Hivite
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A week later Pip was informed by Mumford, during the French hour, of a curious clerical error in the list containing the names of the Hivite House Eleven, which had been put up that morning.
From "Pip" A Romance of Youth by Ian Hay
Esau is said in one of them to have married the granddaughter of "Zibeon the Hivite," while in the other we read of "the Hivite" who dwelt under Mount Hermon.
From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
The Cadmians probably founded the temple of Baal Hermon in Mount Libanus, and formed one of the Hivite nations in those parts.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Jacob Bryant
In two passages, it is true, "Hivite" seems to be used with an ethnic meaning.
From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
The headquarters of the newly formed Amorite league was at Jerusalem, on the same plateau as Gibeon, the Hivite capital, and distant from it less than six miles.
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder
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