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

Our engraving on page 99 gives some idea of "the Anakim of pines."

From Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. by Pickard, Samuel T. (Samuel Thomas)

They gave a sudden impression of a procession, and I heard as distinctly as I ever heard human speech, a voice in the air which said "the procession of the Anakim."

From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I by Stillman, William James

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

The people, by whom this worship was introduced, were many of them Anakim; and are accordingly represented as of great strength and stature.

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

"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