חֲוִילָהChăvîylâh
Chavilah, the name of two or three eastern regions; also perhaps of two men
Pronunciation: khav-ee-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2341
Meanings
proper name [of a territory]: (surrounded or bordered — סבב — by river Pishon; noted for excellent gold, bdellium and shoham-stone) (Genesis 2:11; Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9; Genesis 10:29; 1 Chronicles 1:23)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 2:11 The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found.
- Genesis 10:7 The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
- Genesis 10:29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were descendants of Joktan.
- Genesis 25:18 Ishmael’s descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives.
- 1 Samuel 15:7 Then Saul slaughtered the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, east of Egypt.
- 1 Chronicles 1:9 The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).