Strong's Definition
perhaps from 2333; a villager; a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine
KJV Usage: Hivite
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חִוִּי (chiv.vi) — Hivite. Someone descended from Hiv(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at Gen.10.17; descended from Canaan (H3667); along with Sidon (H6721), Heth (H2845), Jebusite (H2983), Amorite (H0567), Girgashite (H1622), Arkite (H6208), Sinite (H5513), Arvadite (H0721), Zemarite (H6786) and Hamathite (H2577) § Hivite = "villagers" 6th generation of descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, who were living in northern Canaan near Mount Hermon at the time of the conquest
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
adj
Names of Groups
Hivite = ethnic group; ◄ considered descendants of Canaan
GEN 10:17 · GEN 34:2 · GEN 36:2 · EXO 3:8 · EXO 3:17 · EXO 13:5 · EXO 23:23 · EXO 23:28 · EXO 33:2 · EXO 34:11 · DEU 7:1 · DEU 20:17 · JOS 3:10 · JOS 9:1 · JOS 9:7 · JOS 11:3 · JOS 11:19 · JOS 12:8 · JOS 24:11 · JDG 3:3 · JDG 3:5 · 2SA 24:7 · 1KI 9:20 · 1CH 1:15 · 2CH 8:7
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חִוִּי adj.gent. (= villagers?) base