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 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 · וְהָעַוִּֽים׃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 · וְהָעַוִּ֥יםAnd Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,2 Kings 17:31 · וְהָעַוִּ֛יםAnd the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.