HAVILAH (PERSON) [Heb ḥawı̂lâ (חַוִילָה)]. Two individuals with this name, whose identities are closely associated with the place which bears this name, appear in the Bible. See also HAVILAH (PLACE).1. A son of Cush listed in the so-called Table of Nations (Gen 10:7; 1 Chr 1:9).2. A son of Joktan
HAVILAH1. A land associated with the garden of Eden and cited as the source of gold, bdellium gum, and onyx stone, surrounded or drained by the river Pishon (Gen 2:11–12), ASV, RSV). Most authorities locate Havilah in central Arabia N of Yemen. The basis for this location is the association of the term
HAVILAH (Heb. ḥawîlâ, ‘circle’, ‘district’). 1. A land (’ereṣ) in the neighbourhood of *Eden, through which meandered (sābab) the river Pishon, and in which was found gold, *bdellium and shoham-stone (Gn. 2:11–12). The location of the place is unknown.2. An area mentioned in the phrase ‘from Havilah
Havilah (Heb. ḥăwɩ̂lâ) (PERSON)1. A son of Cush, according to the Table of Nations (Gen. 10:7; 1 Chr. 1:9).2. A son of Joktan and descendant of Shem (Gen. 10:29; 1 Chr. 1:29); eponymous ancestor of an Arabian people.
HAV´ILAH (havʹi-la; perhaps “sandy,” cf. Heb. ḥôl, “sand”).1. A region encompassed by the Pishon branch of Eden’s river. It is represented as richly producing gold, onyx, and bdellium—an aromatic gum (Gen. 2:11–12). This region is not to be confused with the Havilah of the Joktanites (10:29; 25:18;
Havilah—the sand region. (1.) A land mentioned in Gen. 2:11 rich in gold and bdellium and onyx stone. The question as to the locality of this region has given rise to a great diversity of opinion. It may perhaps be identified with the sandy tract which skirts Babylonia along the whole of its western