Hivite
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
- 1 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. historical
"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."
- 2 A student or alumnus of St Bees School, West Cumbria, England. slang
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin Eveum, from Ancient Greek Ευαῖον (Euaîon), from Biblical Hebrew חִוִּי (ḥiûî).
From hive + -ite, as a pun on bees and beehives.
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