av.vi denotes a named group included with the Philistine rulers and identified as makers of Nibhaz and Tartak.

The term is used as the name of a group: Joshua 13:3 includes them with the Philistine rulers in a territorial listing, while 2 Kings 17:31 identifies them as the makers of Nibhaz and Tartak.

1. A named people group · dominant

   In Joshua 13:3, the proper-noun form occurs in a list that includes the five Philistine rulers; the APB renders the list as including “the Avites.” In 2 Kings 17:31, the masculine plural gentilic form identifies the group whose members made Nibhaz and Tartak; the APB renders the clause “The Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak.”

   Joshua 13:32 Kings 17:31

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “the Avites” in both verses: as part of a territorial list in Joshua 13:3 and as the subject of making Nibhaz and Tartak in 2 Kings 17:31. These renderings are treated as confirmation of the clauses rather than a separate lexical distinction.