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

Example Sentences

They gave a sudden impression of a procession, and I heard as distinctly as I ever heard human speech, a voice in the air which said "the procession of the Anakim."

From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I by Stillman, William James

This Giant Discourager is a true giant, of pure Anakim blood, and he is in the habit of accompanying Mistake.

From Adventures in the Land of Canaan by Berry, Robert Lee

Grande and the Anakim make a reconnaissance in force, to see if some unwary postern-gate may not permit entrance.

From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail

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 Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

The Anakim remembered to have seen a pump with a trough somewhere, and they proposed to reconnoitre while we should "wait BY the wagon" their return.

From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail