Bible Dictionary: Avvim

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

AVVIM; AVITES

av'-im a'-vits `awwim; Heuaioi, also unaspirated; (also used to represent the name of the Hivites): The early inhabitants of the southern extremity of Canaan afterward occupied by the Philistines (Deuteronomy 2:23; compare Jos 13:3, 4, the King James Version "Avim," a'-vim).

The Avvim of Joshua 18:23 was a town of Benjamin, not a people. Gesenius supposes the name to mean "dwellers in the desert," but it was more probably the name of some pre-Sem tribe. The Avvim are described as living in Chatserim or "encampments" and extending as far as the outskirts of Gaza.

Strong's Hebrew

5761. Avvim -- a city in Benjamin, also a people on the SW coast ...
... 5760, 5761. Avvim. 5762 . a city in Benjamin, also a people on the SW coast
of the Mediterranean Sea. Transliteration: Avvim Phonetic ...
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Library

Chapter x
... He also knows that Caphtor (Crete) is chiefly the home of the Philistines and
he knows whom they displaced in Canaan: The Avvim (De 2:23). ...
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Canaan
... the aboriginal population. Among the Philistines this older population was
called Avvim, the people of "the ruins.". Such then were ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter ii canaan.htm

The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... ii.23 it is related how "the Caphtorim which came forth out of Caphtor destroyed
the Avvim, which dwelt in villages as far as Gaza, and dwelt in their stead ...
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Thesaurus

Avvim (3 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia AVVIM; AVITES. av'-im ... vim). The Avvim of
Joshua 18:23 was a town of Benjamin, not a people. Gesenius ...
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Avites (2 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia AVVIM; AVITES. av'-im ... vim). The Avvim of
Joshua 18:23 was a town of Benjamin, not a people. Gesenius ...
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Goliath (6 Occurrences)
... Goliath was almost certainly not of Philistine blood, but belonged to one of the
races of giants, or aboriginal tribes, such as the Anakim, Avvim, Rephaim, etc ...
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Parah (5 Occurrences)
... pa'-ra, par'-a (ha-parah; Codex Vaticanus Phara; Codex Alexandrinus Aphar): A city
named as in the territory of Benjamin between Avvim and Ophrah (Joshua 18:23 ...
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Hazerim (1 Occurrence)
... Is rendered in the King James Version (Deuteronomy 2:23) as the name of a place
in the Southwest of Palestine, in which dwelt the Avvim, ancient inhabitants of ...
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Negeb (37 Occurrences)
... district to the hill country (Numbers 13:17, 22); the Amalekites then dwelt there
(Numbers 13:29) and apparently, too, in some parts of it, the Avvim (Joshua 13 ...
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Negev (39 Occurrences)
... district to the hill country (Numbers 13:17, 22); the Amalekites then dwelt there
(Numbers 13:29) and apparently, too, in some parts of it, the Avvim (Joshua 13 ...
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Ophrah (9 Occurrences)
... W. Ewing. Multi-Version Concordance Ophrah (9 Occurrences). Joshua 18:23 Avvim,
Parah, Ophrah, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Gazite (1 Occurrence)
... as Canaanite; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites,
the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim, (Root in ...
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Gittite (10 Occurrences)
... as Canaanite; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites,
the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim, (Root in ...
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Bible Concordance

Avvim (3 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy 2:23 and 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.)
(WEB JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV)

Joshua 13:3 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,
(WEB JPS ASV BBE RSV)

Joshua 18:23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Avvim

Related Terms

Avites (2 Occurrences)

Goliath (6 Occurrences)

Parah (5 Occurrences)

Hazerim (1 Occurrence)

Negeb (37 Occurrences)

Negev (39 Occurrences)

Ophrah (9 Occurrences)

Gazite (1 Occurrence)