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

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Anakim

In the north they were known as Hivites, at Hebron they were called Anakim, at Jerusalem they were Jebusites.

From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

What strange tidings from that Anakim of anarchy—Buonaparte!

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

"We might turn," suggested the Anakim, looking bright, "How can you turn a horse in this knitting-needle of a lane?"

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 by Various

It was properly a slip of sea coast, which lay within the jurisdiction of the Tyrians and Sidonians, and signifies Ora Regia; or, according to the language of the country, the coast of the Anakim.

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

The enormous trees looked in the dim evening light like the forms of the Anakim, maimed with lightning but still defying heaven.

From Castilian Days by Hay, John