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
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H5761 — עַוִּים
av.vim · Avvim · Hebrew/Aramaic
4 tagged verse occurrences
Deuteronomy 2:23 · וְהָֽעַוִּ֛יםAnd 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 13:3 · וְהָעַוִּֽים׃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 18:23 · וְהָעַוִּ֥יםAvvim, Parah, Ophrah,2 Kings 17:31 · וְהָעַוִּ֛יםthe Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.