Nephilim - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Nephilim : \Neph"i*lim\, n. pl. [Heb. n[e^]ph[=i]l[=i]m.] Giants. --Gen. vi. 4. Num. xiii. 33.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Nephilim :  (Gen. 6:4; Num. 13:33, R.V.), giants, the Hebrew word left untranslated by the Revisers, the name of one of the Canaanitish tribes. The Revisers have, however, translated the Hebrew gibborim, in Gen. 6:4, "mighty men."



Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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