Lexical Definition
חֲוִילָה Chăvîylâh (khav-ee-law') Havilah N:N--L
probably from חוּל; circular
Havilah.
- § Havilah = "circle"
- Chavilah, the name of two or three eastern regions
- also perhaps of two men
n pr loc
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
n pr m
3) a son of Cush
4) a son of Joktan
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Ευιλάτ | Havilah | LXX.Gen.25.18 • LXX.1Sam.15.7 |
| of Havilah | LXX.Gen.2.11 | |
| Ευιλά | Havilah | LXX.1Chr.1.9 |
| Ευηλάτ | Havilah | LXX.1Chr.1.23 |
| Ευειλάτ | Havilah | LXX.Gen.10.29 |
| Ευειλά | Havilah | LXX.Gen.10.7 |
Brown-Driver-Briggs
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 Gen 2:11 (surrounded or bordered — סבב — by river Pishon; noted for excellent gold, bdellium and shoham-stone); elsewhere without article חֲוִילָה Gen 10:7 = 1Chr 1:9 as a 'son' of Cush (between סְבָא and סַבְתָּה); but also as a 'son' of יָקְטָן, a descendant of Shem Gen 10:29 = 1Chr 1:23 (between אוֺפִיר and יוֺבָב); עַדשֿׁוּר ׳מֵח Gen 25:18 said of limits of Ishmaelitish territory; compare same limits of Amalek 1Sam 15:7 (but dubious; We reads טֵילָם, compare v1Sam 15:4 and see Dr; GlaserSkizze ii, 326 reads חֲכִילָה as 1Sam 23:19; 1Sam 26:1; 1Sam 26:3). — Most have supposed several regions named ׳ח to be indicated in these passages: — e.g. Thes.
- Arabian shore of Persian Gulf Gen 10:29 etc. 2. Ethiopian coast Gen 10:7 etc. 3. India Gen 2:11 (regarded as indefinite extension of 1). DiGen 10:7 distinguishes 1 and 2 either as quite distinct, or as different settlements of one great people, and (on Gen 2:14) thinks that ׳כל ארץ ח Gen 2:11 implies vague extension eastward. DlPa 12 ff. 57 ff. 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 2:11 · 2:14 · 10:7 · 10:29 · 25:18 |
| 1 Samuel | 15:4 · 15:7 · 23:19 · 26:1 · 26:3 |
| 1 Chronicles | 1:9 · 1:23 |