Category:Nephilim

Neph"i*lim, n. pl. Etym: [heb. n.]

Defn: giants. Gen. vi. 4. Num. xiii. 33.

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Nephilim - Genesis 6:4; Numbers 13:33, R.V.), giants, the Hebrew word left untranslated by the Revisers, the name of one of the Canaanitish tribes. The Revisers have, however, translated the Hebrew gibborim, in Genesis 6:4, "mighty men."