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Avim, Avites. [A'vim, A'vites]


1 . A people who once inhabited the villages of Philistia, who were destroyed by the Caphtorims, Deut. 2: 23; a remnant being left till the days of Joshua. Joshua 13: 3.


2. City belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, not far from Bethel; but the name having the article in the Hebrew may signify a group of villages. Joshua 18: 23.


3. A people localised in Samaria by the king of Assyria. 2 Kings 17: 31.