HebrewH5761Noun

עַוִּים

av.vim

4Occurrences
H5761Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Avvim (as inhabited by Avvites), a place in Palestine (with the article prefix)

plural of H5757 (עַוִּי);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
People who lived in modern Gaza, first mentioned at § Avim = "ruins" 1) a people among the early inhabitants of Palestine located in the southwest corner of the seacoast 2) a city in Benjamin

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L / N:N--LG

Full Description

N:N--L / N:N--LG

Occurrences

עַוִּים appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
2
2 Kings
1
Deuteronomy
1

Key Passages

2 Kings 17:31BSB

the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of the Sepharvaim.

Deuteronomy 2:23BSB

And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)

Joshua 13:3BSB

from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;

Joshua 18:23BSB

Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

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