ʻAvvîym — H5761

Definition

masculine proper noun

Avvim (as inhabited by Avvites), a place in Palestine (with the article prefix)

1. Avim = "ruins"
2. n pr m
3. a people among the early inhabitants of Palestine located in the southwest corner of the seacoast
4. n pr loc
5. a city in Benjamin

Usually translated as

Avim

Origin

plural of H5757

• ʻAvvîy (H5757)

Occurrences

ʻAvvîym occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1), 2 Kings (1)

• Joshua 18:23 — And Avim (וְהָעַוִּ֥ים), and Parah, and Ophrah,
• 2 Kings 17:31 — And the Avites (וְהָעַוִּ֛ים) made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.