ʻĂvîyth — H5762
H5762 · Hebrew — עוית
Pronunciation: av-veeth'
Other spellings: ʻAyôwth עַיּוֹת
Definition
locative proper noun
Avvith (or Avvoth), a place in Palestine
- Avith = "ruins"
- the city of Hadad Ben-Bedad, one of the kings of Edom
Usually translated as
Avith
Origin
or perhaps (ʻAyôwth (as if plural of H5857) (ʻAyûwth; from H5753; ruin
Occurrences
ʻĂvîyth occurs 2 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), 1 Chronicles (1)
- Genesis 36:35 — And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith (עֲוִֽית).
- 1 Chronicles 1:46 — And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith (עֲוִֽית).