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nephilim nef'-i-lim (nephilim): This word, translated "giants" in the King James Version, but retained in the Revised Version (British and American), is found in two passages of the Old Testament-one in Genesis 6:4 , relating to the antediluvians; the other in Numbers 13:33 , relating to the sons of Anak in Canaan.
Nephilim definition from the Bible Dictionary. Nephilim glossary term meaning as seen in the King James Bible.
(nehf' ih lihm) Transliteration of Hebrew word related to verb, “to fall,” and often interpreted as “aborted ones.” KJV translates as “giants,” following the earliest Greek and standard Latin translation.
nef'-i-lim (nephilim): This word, translated "giants" in the King James Version, but retained in the Revised Version (British and American), is found in two passages of the Old Testament-one in Ge 6:4, relating to the antediluvians; the other in Nu 13:33, relating to the sons of Anak in Canaan.
NEPHILIM nĕf’ ə lĭm (נְפִילִים, H5872). The word occurs in the Heb. Bible only in Genesis 6:4 and Numbers 13:33, tr. in KJV as “giants,” as found in the LXX. The modern revisions have transliterated the Heb. word. Etymological derivation of the word from the נפל root does not lead to satisfactory solutions.
In (Num 13:33) the Israelite spies describe the inhabitants of Hebron as Nephilim, so large and powerful that “we seemed like grasshoppers.” The name could mean “fallen ones” and allude to stories in related cultures of rebellious giants defeated by the gods in olden times ( Isa 14:12 ).
