HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5303
נְפִלִים
ne.phil — Nephilim
People descended from Nephil(?), first mentioned at Gen.6.4 giants, the Nephilim
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Nephilim
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
(Gen. 6:4; Num. 13:33, R.V.), giants, the Hebrew word left untranslated by the Revisers, the name of one of the Canaanitish tribes. The Revisers have, however, translated the Hebrew gibborim, in Gen. 6:4, “mighty men.”
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.