H5761: עַוִּים
ʻAvvîym · pronounced av-veem' · “Avvim”
Definition
Avvim (as inhabited by Avvites), a place in Palestine (with the article prefix)
KJV translates it as: Avim.
Word origin: plural of H5757 (עַוִּי);
Extended definition
§ Avim = "ruins"
1) a people among the early inhabitants of Palestine located in the southwest corner of the seacoast
2) a city in Benjamin
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5761 is translated
- avvites ×4
Bible verses with H5761 (ʻAvvîym)
ʻavvîym appears in 4 verses.
- Deuteronomy 2:23
And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
- Joshua 13:3
From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
- Joshua 18:23
And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
- 2 Kings 17:31
And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.