עַוִּי
Transliteration
ʿaûî
Pronunciation
av-veem'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Pl of עַוִּי (H5757)
Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: עוי (Gesenius) עוים (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

עַוִּים ʻAvvîym, av-veem'; plural of H5757; Avvim (as inhabited by Avvites), a place in Palestine (with the article prefix):—Avim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H5761 in the following manner: Avim (2x), Avites (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H5761 in the following manner: Avim (2x), Avites (1x).

  1. Avim = "ruins"

    proper masculine noun

    1. a people among the early inhabitants of Palestine located in the southwest corner of the seacoast

      proper locative noun

    2. a city in Benjamin

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַוִּים ʻAvvîym, av-veem'; plural of H5757; Avvim (as inhabited by Avvites), a place in Palestine (with the article prefix):—Avim.
STRONGS H5761: Abbreviations
עַוִּים noun, proper.
1. of a people הָע׳ people on southwest coast of Mediterranean before the כַּפְתֹּרִים (which see) came Deuteronomy 2:23, and remaining thereafter Joshua 13:3 (D2), Ευαιοι.
2. location הָע׳ city in Benjamin Joshua 18:23 (= הָעַי ?), Αιειν, Αυειμ. — See also H5757 [עַוִּי]
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

2:23

Joshua

13:3; 18:23