Bible Names

Havilah: meaning of the name

Havilah means “that suffers pain; that brings forth.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Havilah in Hebrew and Greek

חֲוִילָה H2341

Chăvîylâh (khav-ee-law') — Chavilah, the name of two or three eastern regions; also perhaps of two men

probably from H2342 (חוּל); circular;

People named Havilah in the Bible

Places named Havilah

Havilah in Scripture

“Havilah” appears in 7 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 2:11

    The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

  • Genesis 10:7

    And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

  • Genesis 10:29

    And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

  • Genesis 25:18

    And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

  • 1 Samuel 15:7

    And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:9

    And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:23

    And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.