Lexical Definition

‎עֲוִית‎ ʻĂvîyth (av-veeth') Avith ^N:N--L
or perhaps (עַיּוֹת ʻAyôwth (ah-yoth') (as if plural of ‎עַי‎) (עַיוּת ʻAyûwth (ah-yoth'); from ‎עָוָה‎; ruin

Avith.

• § Avith = "ruins"
• Avvith (or Avvoth), a place in Palestine

1) the city of Hadad Ben-Bedad, one of the kings of Edom

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֲוִית‎ proper name, of a location in Edom Gen 36:35 = Qr 1Chr 1:46 (Kt ‎עיות‎); ᵐ5 Γεθθαιμ, but ᵐ5^L 1Chr 1:46 Ευιθ.

‎עיות‎ Kt see ‎עֲוִית‎.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Avith • In Edom • Capital city of Edomite king Hadad.

Avith was the capital city of Hadad, an early Edomite king. (Genesis 36:35; 1 Chronicles 1:46)

• A location near Edom Bozrah בׇּצְרָה first mentioned at Gen.36.35;
• only referred to as Avith עֲוִית.
  

Avith is mentioned twice in the Old Testament (Genesis 36:35 and 1 Chronicles 1:46) as the capital city of Hadad, an early king of Edom. Hadad was the son of Bedad and became king after defeating the Midianites in the land of Moab. Avith is listed as his city, implying that it served as the seat of his reign. The exact location of Avith is unknown, but it was presumably within the territory of Edom, which was located south of the Dead Sea in what is now southern Israel and Jordan.

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