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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(ruins). (1) A primitive people who pushed into
Palestine
from the
desert
of
Arabia
(
Deut. 2:23
23
And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) (Deuteronomy 2:23)
). (2) Colonists from
Ava
sent to people
Israel
(
2 Kings 17:31
31
And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. (2 Kings 17:31)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
A people who once inhabited
the
villages
of
Philistia
, who were destroyed by the Caphtorims (
Deut. 2:23
23
And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) (Deuteronomy 2:23)
); a
remnant
being left
till
the days of
Joshua
(
Josh. 13:3
3
From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: (Joshua 13:3)
).
2.
City
belonging to the tribe of
Benjamin
, not far from
Bethel
; but the
name
having the article in the
Hebrew
may signify a group of villages (
Josh. 18:23
23
And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, (Joshua 18:23)
).
3.
A people localized in
Samaria
by the king of
Assyria
(
2 Kings 17:31
31
And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. (2 Kings 17:31)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
5757
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
`Avviy
Phonic:
av-vee’
Meaning:
patrial from
5755
; an Avvite or native of Avvah (only plural)
KJV Usage:
Avims, Avites
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
perverters
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Peasants; dwellers among the ruins:―a primitive people in Palestine [HIVITE], Deut. 2: 23. {Pagani}
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