עַוִּיםʻAvvîym

עַוִּי: as substantive, inhabitants of II.

Pronunciation: av-veem' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5761

Meanings

עַוָּה (2 Kings 17:31)

עַוִּים: 1. people on southwest coast of Mediterranean (Deuteronomy 2:23; Joshua 13:3)

2. city in Benjamin (Joshua 18:23)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 2:23 A similar thing happened when the Caphtorites from Crete invaded and destroyed the Avvites, who had lived in villages in the area of Gaza.)
  • Joshua 13:3 and the larger territory of the Canaanites, extending from the stream of Shihor on the border of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron. It includes the territory of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. The land of the Avvites
  • Joshua 18:23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
  • 2 Kings 17:31 The Avvites worshiped their gods Nibhaz and Tartak. And the people from Sepharvaim even burned their own children as sacrifices to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).