Strong H5757עַוִּי
Avites
- Transliteration
- ‛avviy
- Pronunciation
- av-vee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense
Definition
Patrial from H5755; an Avvite or native of Avvah (only plural): - {Avims} Avites.
Detailed definition
In the biblical story
Ivvah
City conquered by Assyria, people resettled in Samaria.
Ivvah (or Avva) was a city conquered by Assyria, whose people were resettled in Samaria. (2 Kings 18:34, 19:13; Isaiah 37:13; 2 Kings 17:24, 31)
In the Bible
Strong H5757 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- avites1
First verses
- 2 Kings 17:31And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.