This word comes from the name of Nephilim.
Definition
or נְפִל; from H5307; properly, a feller, i.e. a bully or tyrant
Traditional renderings: giant.
Traditional renderings: giant.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
3 total
- Genesis 6:4הַנְּפִלִ֞ים · The NephilimThe Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
- Numbers 13:33 (2×)הַנְּפִילִ֛ים · the Nephilim; הַנְּפִלִ֑ים · the NephilimWe even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”