2341. Chavilah

Strong's Lexicon

Chavilah: Havilah

Original Word: חֲוִילָה
Part of Speech: proper name, of a territory
Transliteration: Chavilah
Pronunciation: khav-ee-law'
Phonetic Spelling: (khav-ee-law')
Definition: Havilah
Meaning: Chavilah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a son of Cush, also a son of Joktan, also territories of unc. location
NASB Translation
Havilah (7).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֲוִילָה proper name, of a territory (√ dubious Dl^{Pa 12 suggests} חוֺל sand-land, downs, as Hebrew popular etymology, MV^{11give it as actual etymology}; Sta^{ThLZ 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; Glaser^{Skizze 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). Di^{Genesis 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. Dl^{Pa 12 ff.}57ff. identification ׳ח in all passages with northeast part of Syrian desert, so EMey^{Geschichte. Alterth. i. 224}; Glaser^{Skizze ii. 323 ff.} with central and northeast Arabia. The question is still undecided.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Havilah

Probably from chuwl; circular; Chavilah, the name of two or three eastern regions; also perhaps of two men -- Havilah.

see HEBREW chuwl

Forms and Transliterations

הַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה החוילה וַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה וַחֲוִילָ֔ה וחוילה חֲוִילָ֖ה חוילה מֵֽחֲוִילָ֜ה מֵֽחֲוִילָה֙ מחוילה chaviLah ha·ḥă·wî·lāh ḥă·wî·lāh hachaviLah haḥăwîlāh ḥăwîlāh mê·ḥă·wî·lāh mechaviLah mêḥăwîlāh vachaviLah wa·ḥă·wî·lāh waḥăwîlāh

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 2:11
HEB: כָּל־ אֶ֣רֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־ שָׁ֖ם
NAS: the whole land of Havilah, where there
KJV: the whole land of Havilah, where
INT: the whole land of Havilah where there

Genesis 10:7
HEB: כ֔וּשׁ סְבָא֙ וַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה וְסַבְתָּ֥ה וְרַעְמָ֖ה
NAS: [were] Seba and Havilah and Sabtah
KJV: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah,
INT: of Cush Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah

Genesis 10:29
HEB: אוֹפִ֥ר וְאֶת־ חֲוִילָ֖ה וְאֶת־ יוֹבָ֑ב
NAS: and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all
KJV: And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab:
INT: and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab all

Genesis 25:18
HEB: וַיִּשְׁכְּנ֨וּ מֵֽחֲוִילָ֜ה עַד־ שׁ֗וּר
NAS: They settled from Havilah to Shur
KJV: And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur,
INT: settled Havilah against to Shur

1 Samuel 15:7
HEB: אֶת־ עֲמָלֵ֑ק מֵֽחֲוִילָה֙ בּוֹאֲךָ֣ שׁ֔וּר
NAS: the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go
KJV: the Amalekites from Havilah [until] thou comest
INT: Saul the Amalekites Havilah go to Shur

1 Chronicles 1:9
HEB: כ֔וּשׁ סְבָא֙ וַחֲוִילָ֔ה וְסַבְתָּ֥א וְרַעְמָ֖א
NAS: [were] Seba, Havilah, Sabta,
KJV: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta,
INT: of Cush Seba Havilah Sabta Raama

1 Chronicles 1:23
HEB: אוֹפִ֥יר וְאֶת־ חֲוִילָ֖ה וְאֶת־ יוֹבָ֑ב
NAS: Ophir, Havilah and Jobab; all
KJV: And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab.
INT: Ophir Havilah and Jobab all

7 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2341
7 Occurrences

ḥă·wî·lāh — 2 Occ.
ha·ḥă·wî·lāh — 1 Occ.
mê·ḥă·wî·lāh — 2 Occ.
wa·ḥă·wî·lāh — 2 Occ.