English
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Etymology
Hebrew, plural of × ×¤×�×�
Noun
en-proper noun
- A race of beings mentioned in the Old Testament, described as being physically impressive and heroic.
References
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days�and also afterward�when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. (Genesis 6:4, NIV)
We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them. (Numbers 13:33, NIV)
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