Havilah

3 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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 border, stretching from


     the lower Euphrates to the mountains of Edom.
     
       (2.) A district in Arabia-Felix. It is uncertain whether the
     tribe gave its name to this region or derived its name from it,
     and whether it was originally a Cushite (Gen. 10:7) or a
     Joktanite tribe (10:29; comp. 25:18), or whether there were both
     a Cushite and a Joktanite Havilah. It is the opinion of Kalisch,
     however, that Havilah "in both instances designates the same
     country, extending at least from the Persian to the Arabian
     Gulf, and on account of its vast extent easily divided into two
     distinct parts." This opinion may be well vindicated.
     
       (3.) One of the sons of Cush (Gen. 10:7).
     
       (4.) A son of Joktan (Gen. 10:29; 1 Chr. 1:23).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Havilah, that suffers pain; that brings forth
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Havilah, CA
    Zip code(s): 93518