Strong’s H5761 · Hebrew

עַוִּים
ʻAvvîym
av-veem'

Definition

Avvim (as inhabited by Avvites), a place in Palestine (with the article prefix)

Etymology

plural of H5757 (עַוִּי);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Avim

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What the first audience heard

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