Lexical Summary Avvi: Avvi Original Word: עַוִּי Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Avims, Avites Patrial from Ivvah; an Avvite or native of Avvah (only plural) -- Avims, Avites. see HEBREW Ivvah NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom Ivvah Definition inhab. of Avva NASB Translation Avvites (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs [עַוִּי] adjective, of a people only plural הַעַוִּים as substantive, inhabitants of II. עַוָּה 2 Kings 17:31 (another עַוִּים below). עוֺז noun see עֹז below עזז. עַוִּים proper name 1. of a people ׳הָע people on southwest coast of Mediterranean before the כַּפְתֹּרִים (q. v.) came Deuteronomy 2:23, and remaining thereafter Joshua 13:3 (D2), ᵐ5 Ευαιοι. 2. location ׳הָע city in Benjamin Joshua 18:23 (= הָעַי ?), ᵐ5 Αιειν, Αυειμ. — See also [עַוִּי] above Topical Lexicon Biblical occurrences Deuteronomy 2:23; Joshua 13:3; 2 Kings 17:31 Geographical and ethnological identity The Avvites (or Avvim) occupied coastal villages “as far as Gaza” (Deuteronomy 2:23) on the southern edge of Canaan’s Philistine plain. Their settlements, called “Hazerim” (lit., “enclosures” or “villages”), lay between the Brook of Egypt and the larger Philistine cities named in Joshua 13:3. Archaeologically the region is associated with Bronze-Age tells that predate large Philistine urbanization. Historical context 1. Pre-Philistine period: The Avvites appear as an indigenous people already established when Israel emerged from the wilderness. Religious practices and idolatry Nibhaz and Tartak are otherwise unknown deities, probably represented zoomorphically (Nibhaz is linked by early sources to a dog-headed idol). The text pictures the Avvites importing their gods into Israel’s apostate northern kingdom. That Israel tolerated such idolatry highlights why the Lord sent prophetic warnings and eventual judgment (2 Kings 17:13-18). Theological themes • Divine sovereignty over nations: The displacement of the Avvites by the Caphtorites occurred “just as” Israel would later dispossess Canaanites (cf. Deuteronomy 2:22-23). History unfolds under God’s timing and purpose. Ministry applications 1. Missions and culture: Small, little-known peoples matter to God; the Great Commission calls the Church to reach every “tribe and language and people and nation” (Revelation 5:9). Legacy Though absorbed into Philistine and later Assyrian settings, the Avvites served as a living illustration of divine justice, the dangers of idolatry, and the breadth of God’s interest in all peoples. Forms and Transliterations וְהָֽעַוִּ֛ים וְהָעַוִּ֛ים וְהָעַוִּֽים׃ והעוים והעוים׃ vehaavVim wə·hā·‘aw·wîm wəhā‘awwîmLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Deuteronomy 2:23 HEB: וְהָֽעַוִּ֛ים הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים בַּחֲצֵרִ֖ים INT: Avims lived Hazerim Joshua 13:3 2 Kings 17:31 3 Occurrences |
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