Anakim

American  

[an-uh-kim] / ˈæn ə kɪm /

plural noun

1. (in the Bible) tall people or giants who lived in the southern part of ancient Palestine and were destroyed or scattered after the arrival of the Hebrews.

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Etymology

Origin of Anakim

From Hebrew ʿănāqīm “giants,” plural of ʿănāq

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Example Sentences

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Anakim

I felt the thews of Anakim, The pulses of a Titan's heart.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

Under this character both the sons of Chus, and the Anakim of Canaan are included.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Jacob Bryant

The people, by whom this worship was introduced, were many of them Anakim; and are accordingly represented as of great strength and stature.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Jacob Bryant

The heedless, complying, unjudging benevolence, for instance, that gave away all my gingerbread to the young Anakim of Parade Street, was one.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various

"Do you speak by the book, Omphale?" asked the Anakim, who still carried those New Hampshire sheep on his back.

From Gala-days by Gail Hamilton

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