H5303: נְפִיל
nᵉphîyl · pronounced nef-eel' · “Nephilim”
Definition
properly, a feller, i.e. a bully or tyrant
KJV translates it as: giant.
Word origin: or נְפִל; from H5307 (נָפַל);
Extended definition
People descended from Nephil(?), first mentioned at Gen.6.4
giants, the Nephilim
giants, the Nephilim
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5303 is translated
- nephilim ×3
Bible verses with H5303 (nᵉphîyl)
Nᵉphîyl appears in 2 verses.
- Genesis 6:4
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.
- Numbers 13:33
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.