a people descended from Canaan, Genesis 10:17 . They are also mentioned, Deuteronomy 2:23 . The inhabitants of Shechem, and the Gibeonites, were Hivites, Joshua 11:19; Genesis 34:2 . Mr. Bryant supposes the Hivites to be the same as the Ophites, or ancient worshippers of the sun under the figure of a serpent; which was, in all probability, the deity worshipped at Baal-Hermon.