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H5761 עַוִּים (ʻAvvîym) av-veem'

Hebrew
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Quick Definition

Avvim

Biblical Persons & Places

Avvim People who lived in modern Gaza
People who lived in modern Gaza, first mentioned at Deu.2.23; only referred to as Avvim (עַוִּים).
Avvim Avvim= near Hebron (Hebron@Gen.13.18-Neh=H2275A)
A person from a location near Hebron only mentioned at Jos.18.23; only referred to as Avvim (עַוִּים).

Strong's Definition

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

Derivation: plural of H5757 (עַוִּי);

KJV Usage: Avim.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Avim = "ruins"
n pr m
1) a people among the early inhabitants of Palestine located in the southwest corner of the seacoast
n pr loc
2) a city in Benjamin

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עַוִּים (av.vim) — Avvim. People who lived in modern Gaza, first mentioned at Deu.2.23 § Avim = "ruins" 1) a people among the early inhabitants of Palestine located in the southwest corner of the seacoast 2) a city in Benjamin

עַוִּים (av.vim) — Avvim.

§ Avim = "ruins" a city in Benjamin

עַוִּים (av.vim) — Avvite.

Group of iv.vah (עַוָּה "Ivvah" H5755) § Avim = "ruins" a people among the early inhabitants of Palestine located in the southwest corner of the seacoast 2) a city in Benjamin

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

name

Names of Locations

Avvim = town; ◄ territory of Benjamin

JOS 18:23

name

Names of Groups

Avvites = ethnic group; ◄ living in the southern coastal region; ► destroyed and supplanted by the Philistines

DEU 2:23 · JOS 13:3

name · עַוָּא

Names of Groups

Avvites = inhabitants of Avva, ◄ town in Assyria

2KI 17:31

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עַוִּים n.pr. gent. people on SW. coast of Mediterr.

loc. city in Benj.

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Bible Occurrences (4)

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