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Avim

Avim [N] [H] [S]

a people dwelling in Hazerim, or "the villages" or "encampments" on the south-west corner of the sea-coast ( Deuteronomy 2:23 ). They were subdued and driven northward by the Caphtorim. A trace of them is afterwards found in Joshua 13:3 , where they are called Avites.

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names
[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Avim". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Avim [N] [E] [S]

wicked or perverse men
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely.

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bibliography Information

Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Avim'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Avim [N] [E] [H]

(ruins ), Avims or Avites .

  1. A people among the early inhabitants of Palestine, whom we meet with in the southwest corner of the seacoast, whither they may have made their way north-ward from the desert, ( 2:23 ) probably the same as the Hivites.
  2. The people of Avva, among the colonists who were sent by the king of Assyria to reinhabit the depopulated cities of Israel. ( 2 Kings 17:31 )

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Avim'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

AVIM

av'-im. See AVVIM.


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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'AVIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.  

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