עַוִּים
ʻAvvîym · av-veem'
Avvim (as inhabited by Avvites), a place in Palestine (with the article prefix)
Lexicon
Derivation: plural of H5757 (עַוִּי);
Avvim (as inhabited by Avvites), a place in Palestine (with the article prefix)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Avim.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to fasten and establish › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To see and know that works to fasten and establish of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַוִּים above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the avims1 · 33%
- also the avites1 · 33%
- and avim1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.