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

"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

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

"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

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 A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

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 Jacob Bryant