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 · וְהָֽעַוִּ֛ים‘As to the Avim who are dwelling in Hazerim unto Azzah, the Caphtorim—who are coming out from Caphtor—have destroyed them, and dwell in their stead.Joshua 13:3 · וְהָעַוִּֽים׃from Sihor which is on the front of Egypt, and unto the border of Ekron northward, to the Canaanite it is reckoned, five princes of the Philistines, the Gazathite, and the Ashdothite, the Eshkalonite, the Gittite, and the Ekronite, also the Avim.Joshua 18:23 · וְהָעַוִּ֥יםand Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,2 Kings 17:31 · וְהָעַוִּ֛יםand the Avites have made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites are burning their sons with fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, gods of Sepharvim.