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Anakim \An"a*kim\, Anaks \A"naks\, n. pl. [Heb.] (Bibl.) A race of giants living in Palestine.
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Anakim ( ''‘Ǎnāqîm '') were described as a race of giants, descended from Anak, according to the Tanakh. They were said to have lived in the southern part of the land of Canaan, near Hebron (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 15:13). According to they inhabited the region later known as Edom and Moab in the days of Abraham. Their name may come from a Hebrew root meaning "strength" or "stature".
Their formidable appearance, as described by the Twelve Spies sent to search the land, filled the Israelites with terror. The Israelites seem to have identified them with the Nephilim, the giants (, ) of the antediluvian age. Joshua finally expelled them from the land, except for some that found a refuge in the Philistine cities of Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod , thus the Philistine giants whom David encountered (2 Samuel 21:15-22 ) were descendants of the Anakim.
Usage examples of "anakim".
First, the Anakim, whom he recruited while an exile at the court of Anakia.
Hands were clutching at the garments of the dazed Mattenbaal when the armored Anakim closed in around him, beat the mob back with bowstaves and spear shafts, and hustled the priest away.
Wherefore the Anakim cry out that he was murdered by the order of the general Imbalayo.
But if revolt breaks out again, the Anakim are more likely to fight against the Kushites than with them.
The Anakim are fighting the Kushites, who had their hands full already.
Kushite quarter, into which the Anakim had come ravening while the bulk of the Negroes had been fighting the mob elsewhere.
Under their captain, Bombaata, the Kushites retained a semblance of order that gave them an advantage over the unorganized Anakim and the leaderless mob.
Hemmed in by mailed Hyrkanians, furious Anakim, and shrieking Asgalunim, the Kushites died fighting to a man.
A band of Anakim plowed through the throng and burst the barrier of black slaves.
The mercenaries of Constantius are men from the Shemitish cities of the west, Pelishtim, Anakim, Akkharim, and are ardently hated by the Zuagirs and other wandering tribes.
However obscured the history may be, I think the purport of it is plainly this, that the Hellenes, and Phrygians were of the Nephelim or Anakim race.
They seem to have been of the Anakim race, and worshippers of the Sun.
Under this character both the sons of Chus, and the Anakim of Canaan are included.
One of the missions conferred upon him was to build an embassy which would serve to welcome the Anakim during their next stay on earth.
According to Azrael, the Anakim had not only created mankind, they had also created all life on earth.