Avites
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Joshua 13:3
- Last Reference: 2 Kings 17:31
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: Yes
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Avim
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.
Hitchcock's Names Dictionary
Avim
wicked or perverse men
Naves Topical Index
Avim
1. A city of Benjamin
Joshua 18:23
2. A tribe in southern Palestine
Avites
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Avim
(ruins), A'vims or A'vites .
- 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.
- The people of Avva, among the colonists who were sent by the king of Assyria to reinhabit the depopulated cities of Isr'l. (2 Kings 17:31)
Naves Topical Index
Avites
1. A nation in southern part of Canaan
Deuteronomy 2:23; Joshua 13:3
2. Colonists of Samaria
2 Kings 17:31