AVIM, OR AVITES
AVIM, OR AVITES
Descendants of Canaan, Gen 10:17, who occupied a portion of the coast of Palestine from Gaza towards the river of Egypt, but were expelled and almost destroyed by invading Philistines or Caphtorim, before the time of Moses, Deu 2:23 . Some yet remained in the time of Joshua, Jos 13:3 . They are conjectured to have been the same people with the Hivites, of whom traces were found in various parts of Canaan, Gen 34:2 Jos 9:7 11:3.