עַוִּים ʻAvvîym

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: Avim.

Derivation: plural of H5757 (עַוִּי);

Where it is used

• Deuteronomy 2:23 And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)
• Joshua 13:3 from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
• Joshua 18:23 Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
• 2 Kings 17:31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.