Anakim

[ an-uh-kim ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anakim¹

From Hebrew ʿănāqīm “giants,” plural of ʿănāq

Example Sentences

The Anakim seemed well pleased to find these dealers, with whom they had so often traded, thus inmates of their camp.

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The Anakim glanced doubtfully at each other; their chief pointed to the mare from which he had dismounted, and shook his head.

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He too marked the overwhelming charge of the Anakim, and its effect on that solid mass against which its might was hurled.

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The Anakim soon recognised him as the companion of their leader, when first she appeared among their tents and they knew her not.

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Than these mighty vegetable Anakim, nothing, says a naturalist, is more imperfectly known in botany.

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