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Nephilim
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en he נְפִילִים Hebr nefilim, fallen ones, plural of he נָפִיל Hebr nafíl, fallen one.
Pronunciation
en Ne phi lim
Noun
en noun form
en Naphil
Genesis 6 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
Numbers 13 33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.
Translations
a race of humanoid giants
German: de Nephilim p
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc γίγαντες
Hebrew: he נְפִלִים
Russian: ru Нефилим m-p
Turkish: tr Nefilim, tr Nefiller
Noun
* s
en nonstandard en Naphil a member of the race of Nephilim.
Alternative forms
en nephilim
Translations
(nonstandard) a member of the race of Nephilim
German: de Nephilim m
Polish: pl Nefilim
Portuguese: pt nefilim m, pt néfilim m