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Hivites

Hivites is the plural of Hivite.

Meaning of Hivite

Noun (1)

Hivite (plural Hivites)

  1. (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.
    • 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 10:15-18

Noun (2)

Hivite (plural Hivites)

  1. (slang) A student or alumnus of St Bees School, West Cumbria, England.

Questions about Hivites

What is Hivites the plural of?
Hivites is the plural of Hivite.

Words near Hivites in the dictionary

  1. hiving
  2. hiving off
  3. hiving up
  4. hivings
  5. Hivite
  6. Hivites
  7. hivy
  8. Hiw
  9. hiway
  10. hiwaza
  11. Hiwi

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