עַוִּים

av.vimAvvim
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place4 occurrences3 books4 verses
This word comes from the names of Avvim, Avvim and Ivvah.

Definition

plural of H5757; Avvim (as inhabited by Avvites), a place in Palestine (with the article prefix)
Traditional renderings: Avim.

Glossary entries

Ivvah Avva Avvites Avvim (Place) Avim Ava

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

4 total
  1. Deuteronomy 2:23וְהָֽעַוִּ֛ים · And the Avvim
    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.)
  2. Joshua 13:3וְהָעַוִּֽים׃ · as well as that of the Avvites
    …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;
  3. Joshua 18:23וְהָעַוִּ֥ים · Avvim
    Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
  4. 2 Kings 17:31וְהָעַוִּ֛ים · the Avvites
    …the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.