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

We may from hence perceive that the history of the Anakim was not totally obliterated among the Grecians.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob

We read of the giants, in the Old Testament, under the names of Rephaim, Emim, Zamzummim, and Anakim.

From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Forester, Thomas

Here was a stack of long, rough, rusty pigs, clumsy as the shillelabs of the Anakim.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 by Various

"How not to do it, you mean," said the Anakim.

From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail

By this was certainly signified, that the Galat�, Illyrii, and Celt�, were of Cyclopian original, and of the Anakim race; all equally Amonians.

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