An ancient people who lived in villages near Gaza before they were destroyed by a Philistine invasion (Deuteronomy 2:23; Joshua 13:3).
The name for the people who lived in the Syrian district of Avva. Shalmaneser of Assyria moved them into Samaria after the conquest in 722 BC (2 Kings 17:31).
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Avvites
This term has multiple meanings in the Bible:
From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.