Anakim

[ an-uh-kim ]

/ ˈæn ə kɪm /

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plural noun

tall people or giants who lived in southern Palestine and were destroyed or scattered after the arrival of the Hebrews. Numbers 13:28, 31; Deuteronomy 2:21; 9:2.

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Origin of Anakim

From Hebrew ʿănāqīm “giants,” plural of ʿănāq

Words nearby Anakim

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How to use Anakim in a sentence

The Anakim seemed well pleased to find these dealers, with whom they had so often traded, thus inmates of their camp.
Sarchedon|G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
The Anakim glanced doubtfully at each other; their chief pointed to the mare from which he had dismounted, and shook his head.
Sarchedon|G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
He too marked the overwhelming charge of the Anakim, and its effect on that solid mass against which its might was hurled.
Sarchedon|G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
The Anakim soon recognised him as the companion of their leader, when first she appeared among their tents and they knew her not.
Sarchedon|G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville

Than these mighty vegetable Anakim, nothing, says a naturalist, is more imperfectly known in botany.
The Desert World|Arthur Mangin