anakim

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anakim - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anakim \An"a*kim\, Anaks \A"naks\, n. pl. [Heb.] (Bibl.)
     A race of giants living in Palestine.
     [1913 Webster]

anakim - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Anakim
  the descendants of Anak (Josh. 11:21; Num. 13:33; Deut. 9:2).
  They dwelt in the south of Palestine, in the neighbourhood of
  Hebron (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 15:13). In the days of Abraham (Gen.
  14:5, 6) they inhabited the region afterwards known as Edom and
  Moab, east of the Jordan. They were probably a remnant of the
  original inhabitants of Palestine before the Canaanites, a
  Cushite tribe from Babel, and of the same race as the
  Phoenicians and the Egyptian shepherd kings. Their formidable
  warlike appearance, as described by the spies sent to search the
  land, filled the Israelites with terror. They seem to have
  identified them with the Nephilim, the "giants" (Gen. 6:4; Num.
  13:33) of the antediluvian age. There were various tribes of
  Anakim (Josh. 15:14). Joshua finally expelled them from the
  land, except a remnant that found a refuge in the cities of
  Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod (Josh. 11:22). The Philistine giants whom
  David encountered (2 Sam. 21:15-22) were descendants of the
  Anakim. (See GIANTS.)