עֲנָק

a.naqAnak
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man9 occurrences4 books8 verses
This is the name of Anak: Ancestor of giant people in Canaan.

Definition

the same as H6060; Anak, a Canaanite
Traditional renderings: Anak.

Glossary entries

Anak, Anakim, Anakites

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

9 total
  1. Numbers 13:22הָעֲנָ֑ק · of Anak
    They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
  2. Numbers 13:28הָֽעֲנָ֖ק · of Anak
    Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
  3. Numbers 13:33עֲנָ֖ק · of Anak
    We 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!”
  4. Deuteronomy 9:2עֲנָֽק׃ · of Anak
    The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”
  5. Joshua 15:13הָעֲנָ֖ק · of Anak
    According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
  6. Joshua 15:14 (2×)הָעֲנָ֑ק · of Anak; הָעֲנָֽק׃ · of Anak
    And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
  7. Joshua 21:11הָֽעֲנ֛וֹק · of Anak
    They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
  8. Judges 1:20הָעֲנָֽק׃ · of Anak
    Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.