H368: אֵימִים
ʼÊymîym · pronounced ay-meem' · “Emim”
Definition
Emim, an early Canaanitish (or Maobitish) tribe
KJV translates it as: Emims.
Word origin: plural of H367 (אֵימָה); terrors;
Extended definition
People descended from Em(?), first mentioned at Gen.14.5
§ Emims = "terrors"
ancient inhabitants of Moab
§ Emims = "terrors"
ancient inhabitants of Moab
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H368 is translated
- emites ×3
Bible verses with H368 (ʼÊymîym)
ʼêymîym appears in 3 verses.
- Genesis 14:5
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,
- Deuteronomy 2:10
The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
- Deuteronomy 2:11
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.