H6062 עֲנָקִי (ʻĂnâqîy) an-aw-kee'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Anakite

Strong's Definition

an Anakite or descendant of Anak

Derivation: patronymically from H6061 (עָנָק);

KJV Usage: Anakim.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Anakims = "long-necked"

1) a tribe of giants, descendants of Anak, which dwelled in southern Canaan

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֲנָקִי (a.na.qi) — Anakite. Someone descended from Anak who was a man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.13.22; father of: Ahiman (H0289), Sheshai (H8344) and Talmai (H8526); also called Anakim at Deu.1.28; 2.10,11,21; 9.2; 1x,22; 14.12,15; Group of a.naq (עֲנָק "Anak" H6061) § Anakims = "long-necked" a tribe of giants, descendants of Anak, which dwelled in southern Canaan

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עֲנָקִים (H6062)

noun m · עֲנָק

Names of Groups

Anakim, Anakites = race of giants; ◄ regarded as descendants of Anak

DEU 1:28 · DEU 2:10 · DEU 2:11 · DEU 2:21 · DEU 9:2 · JOS 11:21 · JOS 11:22 · JOS 14:12 · JOS 14:15

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֲנָק n.[m.] neck, only in epith.gent. long-necked (tall) men, early giant people about Hebron and in Philistia base

Bible Occurrences (9)

1:28 2:10 2:11 2:21 9:2

11:21 11:22 14:12 14:15

Deuteronomy 1:28

Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt -, saying: The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.

Deuteronomy 2:10

The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.

Deuteronomy 2:11

Like the Anakites, they were also... regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.

Deuteronomy 2:21

[They were] a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before [the Ammonites], who drove them out and settled in their place,

Deuteronomy 9:2

The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?

Joshua 11:21

At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country... of Hebron,... Debir,... [and] Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah...... and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.

Joshua 11:22

No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.

Joshua 14:12

Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then... that the Anakim were there, with great [and] fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.