נְפִילnᵉphîyl
giants (Genesis 6:4; Numbers 13:33)
Pronunciation: nef-eel' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5303
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 6:4 In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.
- Numbers 13:33 We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. Next to them we felt like grasshoppers, and that’s what they thought, too!”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).