חִוִּי
Chivvîy · khiv-vee'
a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: perhaps from H2333 (חַוָּה); a villager;
a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hivite.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › the hand that works
To separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חִוִּי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the hivites7 · 28%
- the hivite5 · 20%
- the hivites4 · 16%
- and the hivite3 · 12%
- unto the hivites1 · 4%
- and to the hivite1 · 4%
- save the hivites1 · 4%
- and hivites1 · 4%
- of the hivites1 · 4%
- hivites1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.