Hivites
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The Hivites were an ancient people mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of the groups inhabiting Canaan before the Israelite settlement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hivites canonical | 6 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient people
ⓘ
biblical people ⓘ |
| alternativeScholarlyView | sometimes linked to Hurrians (speculative) ⓘ |
| associatedLocation |
Gilgal
ⓘ
surface form:
Gibeon (in some biblical traditions)
Lebanon region (in some biblical lists) ⓘ Shechem ⓘ
surface form:
Shechem (in some biblical traditions)
|
| biblicalRole | pre-Israelite inhabitants of the land promised to the Israelites ⓘ |
| biblicalStatus | subject to Israelite conquest in biblical narrative ⓘ |
| covenantStatus | subject of prohibitions on intermarriage in biblical law ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Levant ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of the Canaanite peoples ⓘ |
| describedInTradition | idolaters in Israelite religious polemic ⓘ |
| ethnicClassification | Northwest Semitic people (hypothetical) ⓘ |
| ethnonymLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | no clearly identified modern descendants ⓘ |
| groupedAmong |
Canaanites
ⓘ
surface form:
nations of Canaan
|
| historicity | identity debated among modern scholars ⓘ |
| inhabitedRegion |
Canaan
ⓘ
land of Canaan before Israelite settlement ⓘ |
| languageStatus | language unknown ⓘ |
| listedAlongside |
Amorites
ⓘ
Canaanites ⓘ Girgashites ⓘ Hittites ⓘ Jebusites ⓘ Perizzites ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| mentionedInBook |
1 Kings
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of 1 Kings
2 Samuel ⓘ
surface form:
Book of 2 Samuel
Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Genesis ⓘ Book of Joshua ⓘ Judges ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Judges
|
| primarySourceLanguage | Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
| regionToday |
Lebanon
ⓘ
Palestinian territories ⓘ creationOfStateOfIsrael ⓘ
surface form:
modern Israel
western Syria ⓘ |
| religion | polytheism (ascribed in biblical tradition) ⓘ |
| roleInJoshua | one of the peoples not fully driven out according to some passages ⓘ |
| roleInJudges | one of the nations left to test Israel ⓘ |
| sourceType | primarily known from biblical texts ⓘ |
| termTransliteration | Ḥiwwî (Hebrew: חִוִּי) ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age I Levant (approximate)
ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ
surface form:
Late Bronze Age Levant (approximate)
|
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.