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Hivite

American  
[hahy-vahyt] / ˈhaɪ vaɪt /

noun

  1. a member of an ancient people inhabiting Canaan, conquered by the Israelites.


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Esau married a daughter of Ishmael, also two other women, called daughters of Canaan, one a Hittite and the other a Hivite.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook

Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

From Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View by Calvin Elliott

Tiny, who had been stepping out and playing forward with the irritating accuracy of an automaton, played just inside a ball from the Hivite fast bowler, Martin.

From "Pip" A Romance of Youth by Ian Hay

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

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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