How many times is Hivites mentioned in the Bible?
The word Hivites appears 16 times in the King James Version, in 16 verses. Counting every form (Hivites, Hivite), it appears 25 times in 25 verses across 9 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Hivites 8 times (25 with every form).
Hivites in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Hivites counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Hivites | 16 | 8 |
| Hivite | 9 | 17 |
| Total | 25 | 25 |
What the name Hivites means
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Hivites as "wicked; wickedness".
This is the 1869 traditional meaning; modern scholars often read names differently.
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Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869), checked 2026-10-24.
Which books mention Hivites most
Hivites appears in 9 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Exodus and Joshua share the most, 7 each.
First and last mention of Hivites
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
Common questions
How many times is Hivites in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 25 of the 25 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Hivites appears in 9 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Exodus and Joshua share the most, 7 each.
Where is Hivites first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 10:17: "And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite," The last is 2 Chronicles 8:7.
What does the name Hivites mean in the Bible?
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Hivites as "wicked; wickedness".
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-24.