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Hivite
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English
Etymology 1
From en hbo חִוִּי ḥiwwî -ite.
Noun
en historical 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.
Genesis 10 15-18 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.
Translations
member of the tribe
Cherokee: chr ᎠᎯᏫ
Malawi Lomwe: lon Muhivi 1
Nyamwanga: mwn umu Hivi 1
Tonga (Malawi): tog muHivi 1
Tumbuka: tum muHivi 1
Etymology 2
From en hive ite, as a pun on bees and beehives.
Noun
en slang A student or alumnus of St Bees School, West Cumbria, England.
References
en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42108/42108-h/42108-h.htm#:~:text=Hivite%2C