Avvim
The Avvim were an ancient people who inhabited the Gaza area before being destroyed by the Caphtorim.
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Summary
People who lived in modern Gaza, first mentioned at Deuteronomy 2:23; only referred to as Avvim (עַוִּים).
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- עַוִּיםAvvim
Mentions
- 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.)
- …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;