Hivites

A Canaanitish race (Gen. 10:17; 34:2; Ex. 3:8, 17; 13:5; Josh. 9:7; 11:19). A colony of Hivites, settled in Gibeon, made a treaty with Joshua, having deceived him by a stratagem; but the main body appear to have lived in northern Palestine (Josh. 11:3; Judg. 3:3; 2 Sam. 24:7).