Hebrew · Strong's H2341 · Name

חֲוִילָה

cha·vi·lah

Havilah

2times used
2verses
2books

How it's translated

Definition

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7;

son of: Cush (H3568);

brother of: Seba (H5434), Sabtah (H5454), Raamah (H7484), Sabteca (H5455) and Nimrod (H5248)

§ Havilah = "circle"

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…

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