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, the Caphtorim, who came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and lived in their place.)Joshua 13:3 · וְהָעַוִּֽים׃from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron northward, which is counted as Canaanite; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim,Joshua 18:23 · וְהָעַוִּ֥יםAvvim, Parah, Ophrah,2 Kings 17:31 · וְהָעַוִּ֛יםand the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.