This is the name of Anak: Ancestor of giant people in Canaan.
Definition
the same as H6060; Anak, a Canaanite
Traditional renderings: Anak.
Traditional renderings: Anak.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
9 total
- Numbers 13:22הָעֲנָ֑ק · of AnakThey 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.
- Numbers 13:28הָֽעֲנָ֖ק · of AnakNevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
- Numbers 13:33עֲנָ֖ק · of AnakWe 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!”
- Deuteronomy 9:2עֲנָֽק׃ · of AnakThe 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?”
- Joshua 15:13הָעֲנָ֖ק · of AnakAccording 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.)
- Joshua 15:14 (2×)הָעֲנָ֑ק · of Anak; הָעֲנָֽק׃ · of AnakAnd Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
- Joshua 21:11הָֽעֲנ֛וֹק · of AnakThey gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
- Judges 1:20הָעֲנָֽק׃ · of AnakJust as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.