HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H368
אֵימִים
e.mim — Emim
People descended from Em(?), first mentioned at Gen.14.5 § Emims = "terrors" ancient inhabitants of Moab
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Emims
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Terrors, a warlike tribe of giants who were defeated by Chedorlaomer and his allies in the plain of Kiriathaim. In the time of Abraham they occupied the country east of Jordan, afterwards the land of the Moabites (Gen. 14:5; Deut. 2:10). They were, like the Anakim, reckoned among the Rephaim, and were conquered by the Moabites, who gave them the name of Emims, i.e., “terrible men” (Deut. 2:11). The Ammonites called them Zamzummims (2:20).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.