A Canaanitish race (Gen. 10: 17; Gen. 34: 2; Ex. 3: 8, 17; Ex. 13: 5; Josh. 9: 7; Josh. 11: 19). A colony of Hivites, settled in Gibeon, made a treaty with Joshua, having deceived him by a stratagem; but the main body appear to have lived in northern Palestine (Josh. 11: 3; Judg. 3: 3; 2 Sam. 24: 7).