H6062 H6062
Anakim, a race of giants descended from Anak who inhabited Canaan, especially the Hebron region, before Israel's conquest.
The plural form designating the Anakim (עֲנָקִים), the legendary tall people whom the Israelite spies encountered in Canaan. Their imposing stature caused the spies to feel like grasshoppers by comparison (Num 13:33), and their reputation made the conquest seem impossible to the faithless generation. Deuteronomy carefully records how the Emim, Zamzummim, and Anakim were all considered giants (Deut 2:10-11, 21), yet were displaced by other nations as a precedent for what Israel could accomplish. German 'Anakiter' preserves a distinctive gentilicic rendering, while the Septuagint's Ενακειμ closely mirrors the Hebrew plural.
Senses
1. Anakim (giant people group) — The Anakim, a people group of legendary stature descended from Anak who dwelt principally around Hebron and in Philistine territory. Deuteronomy uses them as a test case of faith: though the Anakim were great and tall (Deut 1:28; 9:2), God had already dispossessed similar giant peoples for other nations (Deut 2:10-11, 21). Joshua records their eventual defeat and near-complete removal from the hill country (Josh 11:21-22; 14:12, 15). The Septuagint renders the name as Ενακειμ or translates it as γίγαντες ('giants'), while German uses the gentilicic form 'Anakiter,' all reflecting the collective ethnic identity of this people group. 9×
AR["الْ-عَناقيمَ", "الْ-عَناقِيمَ", "عَناقٍ", "عَناقِيمُ", "عَنَاقَ", "في-الْ-عَناقيمَ", "كَالْعَنَاقِيِّينَ"]·ben["অনাকীমদের-মধ্যে", "অনাকীমরা", "অনাকীয়দের", "অনাকীয়দের-মত", "অনাকীয়েরা", "আনাকীমদের", "সেই-অনাকীয়দের"]·DE["Anakiter", "der-Anakiter", "unter-der-Anakiter", "wie-der-Anakiter"]·EN["Anakim", "among-the-Anakim", "like-the-Anakim", "the-Anakim"]·FR["Anakim", "comme-le-Anakim", "le-Anakim", "parmi-le-Anakim"]·heb["ב-ענקים", "ה-ענקים", "כ-ענקים", "ענקים"]·HI["-अनाकियों-की-तरह", "अनाकियों", "अनाकियों-के", "अनाकियों-में", "अनाकी", "अनाकीमों-के"]·ID["Anak", "Enak", "di-antara-orang-Enak", "orang-Anakim", "orang-Enak", "seperti-orang-Enak"]·IT["Anachim", "Anakim", "come-il-Anachim", "fra-il-Anakim", "il-Anakim"]·jav["ing-antawis-tiyang-Anak", "kados-tiyang-Anak", "tiyang-Anak"]·KO["그-아낙-사람들을", "아낙-같이", "아낙-사람들이", "아낙-사람이", "아낙-의", "아낙-자손을", "에-아낙-사람들에"]·PT["'Anaqim", "anaqitas", "anaquins", "como-os-anaquins", "entre-os-anaqitas", "os-'Anaqim"]·RU["Анаким", "Анакимов", "Анакимы", "как-Анаким", "среди-Анакимов"]·ES["Anac", "Anaquim", "anaceos", "como-los-anaquim", "entre-los-anaceos", "los-anaceos"]·SW["Anaki", "Waanaki", "ha-Waanaki", "kama-Anaki", "kumweka", "miongoni-mwa-Waanaki"]·TR["Anakim", "Anakim'i", "Anaklardan", "Anaklılar", "Anaklılar-arasında", "Anaklılar-gibi", "Anaklıların"]·urd["عناق", "عناقی", "عناقیم", "عناقیم-جیسے", "عناقیوں", "عناقیوں-جیسی", "عناقیوں-میں"]
Related Senses
H0376 1. man, person, human male (2130×)H0251 1. brother (blood sibling) (573×)H0120 1. man, human being (individual/generic) (527×)H0802 1. woman, female person (519×)H0802 2. wife, spouse (255×)H0517 1. mother, female parent (217×)G0435 1. man, male person (202×)G1135 1. woman, adult female (190×)H2233 1. offspring, descendants (172×)H0001 2. ancestor, forefather (146×)H5288 1. Youth, young man (122×)H0269 1. sister (female sibling) (113×)H1755 1. generation, contemporaries (96×)G5043 1. child, offspring (89×)G0444 2. people, humankind (86×)H3206 1. child, boy, youth (86×)H2145 1. male (human being) (79×)G3384 1. mother (77×)H6485a 1. Qal passive participle: numbered ones, enrollment (76×)H1397 1. man (strong/mighty) (65×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. עֲנָק n.[m.] neck, only in epith. gent. בְּנֵי הָעֲנָק long-necked (tall) men, early giant people about Hebron and in Philistia, Ενακ, Εναχ, Jos 15:14 (JE) = Ju 1:20, without art. Nu 13:33 (JE), Dt 9:2; also יְלִידַי הָע׳ Nu 13:22, 28; Jos 15:14 (all JE); called also עֲנָקִים long-necks, Ενακειμ, Jos 14:12, 15 (JE), 11:21, 22 (D), Dt 2:10, 11, 21 + Je 47:5 (read עֲנָקִים for MT עִמְקָם), and…