חֲוִילָה
Transliteration
ḥăvîlâ
Pronunciation
khav-ee-law'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from חוּל (H2342)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 622

Strong’s Definitions

חֲוִילָה Chăvîylâh, khav-ee-law'; probably from H2342; circular; Chavilah, the name of two or three eastern regions; also perhaps of two men:—Havilah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H2341 in the following manner: Havilah (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2341 in the following manner: Havilah (7x).

  1. Havilah = "circle"

    proper locative noun

    1. a part of Eden through which flowed the river Pison (Araxes); was probably the Grecian Colchis, in the northeast corner of Asia Minor, near the Caspian Sea

    2. a district in Arabia of the Ishmaelites named from the 2nd son of Cush; probably the district of Kualan, in the northwestern part of Yemen

      proper masculine noun

    3. a son of Cush

    4. a son of Joktan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲוִילָה Chăvîylâh, khav-ee-law'; probably from H2342; circular; Chavilah, the name of two or three eastern regions; also perhaps of two men:—Havilah.
STRONGS H2341: Abbreviations
† חֲוִילָה proper name, of a territory (√ dubious DlPa 12 suggests חוֺל sand-land, downs, as Hebrew popular etymology, MV11 give it as actual etymology; StaThLZ Apr. 28, 1894, 235 compares this, as well as חוֺל sand, with Arabic soft mud, [dampsand]) — אֶרֶץ הַחֲוִילָה Genesis 2:11 (surrounded or bordered — סבב — by river Pishon; noted for excellent gold, bdellium and shoham-stone); elsewhere without article חֲוִילָה Genesis 10:7 = 1 Chronicles 1:9 as a 'son' of Cush (between סְבָא and סַבְתָּה); but also as a 'son' of יָקְטָן, a descendant of Shem Genesis 10:29 = 1 Chronicles 1:23 (between אוֺפִיר and יוֺבָב); עַדשֿׁוּר מֵח׳ Genesis 25:18 said of limits of Ishmaelitish territory; compare same limits of Amalek 1 Samuel 15:7 (but dubious; We reads טֵילָם, compare 1 Samuel 15:4 and see Dr; GlaserSkizze ii, 326 reads חֲכִילָה as 1 Samuel 23:19; 1 Samuel 26:1, 3). — Most have supposed several regions named ח׳ to be indicated in these passages: — e.g. Thes. 1. Arabian shore of Persian Gulf Genesis 10:29 etc. 2. Ethiopian coast Genesis 10:7 etc. 3. India Genesis 2:11 (regarded as indefinite extension of 1). DiGenesis 10:7 distinguishes 1 and 2 either as quite distinct, or as different settlements of one great people, and (on Genesis 2:14) thinks that כל ארץ ח׳ Genesis 2:11 implies vague extension eastward. DlPa 12 ff57ff. identification ח׳ in all passages with northeast part of Syrian desert, so EMeyGeschichte. Alterth. i. 224; GlaserSkizze ii. 323 ff. with central and northeast Arabia. The question is still undecided.
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Genesis

Genesis 2:11; Genesis 2:11; Genesis 2:11; Genesis 2:14; Genesis 10:7; Genesis 10:7; Genesis 10:7; Genesis 10:29; Genesis 10:29; Genesis 25:18

1 Samuel

1 Samuel 15:4; 1 Samuel 15:7; 1 Samuel 23:19; 1 Samuel 26:1; 1 Samuel 26:3

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 1:9; 1 Chronicles 1:23