Nephilim
נְפִלִיםStrong’s H5303nephil (ne-phil)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nephil is the Hebrew word usually translated “nephilim”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.”
Meaning
- People descended from Nephil(?), first mentioned at Gen.6.4
How it's translated
- the nephilim 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- Numbers 1
2 books in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
נְפִלִים nephil · Nephilim
People descended from Nephil(?), first mentioned at Gen.6.4 giants, the Nephilim
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.