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Emim

אֵימִיםStrong’s H0368

emim (e-mim)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Emim is the Hebrew word usually translated “emites”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,”
Genesis 14:5 KJV
Meaning
  1. People descended from Em(?), first mentioned at Gen.14.5
How it's translated
  • the emites 2
  • emites 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Deuteronomy 2
  • Genesis 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

אֵימִים emim · Emim

People descended from Em(?), first mentioned at Gen.14.5 § Emims = "terrors" ancient inhabitants of Moab

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.