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

The ten were full of doubts, and they looked through their doubts, and their doubts magnified the Anakim.

From Heart Talks by Naylor, Charles Wesley

"Yes," said the Anakim, who is New Hampshire born; "but you ought to see the New Hampshire sheep, if you want the real article."

From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail

The heedless, complying, unjudging benevolence, for instance, that gave away all my gingerbread to the young Anakim of Parade Street, was one.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various

In the north they were known as Hivites, at Hebron they were called Anakim, at Jerusalem they were Jebusites.

From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

The Anakim remembered to have seen a pump with a trough somewhere, and they proposed to reconnoitre while we should "wait by the wagon" their return.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 by Various