Strong’s H5757 · Hebrew

עַוִּי
ʻAvvîy
av-vee'

Definition

an Avvite or native of Avvah (only plural)

Etymology

patrial from H5755 (עִוָּה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Avims
  • Avites

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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