One of the tribes that make up the Philistine people.
Deuteronomy 2:23(As for the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorites from Caphtor destroyed them and settled in their place.)
Joshua 13:3from the Shihor River east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north, which is counted as Canaanite territory; it includes the land of the five Philistine rulers—the Gazites, Ashdodites, Ashkelonites, Gittites, and Ekronites—and also the land of the Avvites to the south;