Anakite
עֲנָקִיStrong’s H6062anaqi (a-na-qi)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Anaqi is the Hebrew word usually translated “anakites”, “like the anakites” and “among the anakites”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.”
Meaning
- Someone descended from Anak who was a man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.13.22
How it's translated
- anakites 4
- like the anakites 3
- the anakites 1
- among the anakites 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 5
- Joshua 4
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 2:10The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
- Deuteronomy 2:11Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
- Deuteronomy 2:21A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
- Deuteronomy 9:2A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
- Joshua 11:21And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
- Joshua 11:22There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
Hebrew dictionary
עֲנָקִי anaqi · 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
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.