SPECIAL TOPIC: ANAKIM

This Hebrew root (BDB 778) means "neck" or "necklace." It came to denote a tall people group in southern Canaan (cf. Josh. 11:21-22), but mostly connected to the city of Hebron. This very tall (i.e., "long neckers") group/clan are the descendants of Arba (cf. Josh. 14:15; 15:13; 21:11).

They are identified with

  1. Nephilim — Deut. 2:10,20-21
  2. Emim (BDB 34) — Deut. 2:10-11
  3. Rephaim (BDB 658) — Deut. 2:10-11
  4. Zamzummin (BDB 273) — Deut. 2:20

The Hebrew spies that Joshua sent into Canaan/Palestine to check out the Promised Land before the invasion saw these large people and were terrified (cf Num. 13:28,33).

SPECIAL TOPIC: Nephilim

SPECIAL TOPIC: Terms Used for Tall/Powerful Warriors or People Groups

SPECIAL TOPIC: sons of God in Genesis 6

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