עֲנָקִי

a.na.qiAnakite
hebrewOld TestamentName of a people group9 occurrences2 books9 verses
This word comes from the name of Anak.

Definition

patronymically from H6061; an Anakite or descendant of Anak
Traditional renderings: Anakim.

Glossary entries

Anak, Anakim, Anakites

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

9 total
  1. Deuteronomy 1:28עֲנָקִ֖ים · of the Anakim
    Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
  2. Deuteronomy 2:10כָּעֲנָקִֽים׃ · as the Anakites
    (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
  3. Deuteronomy 2:11כָּעֲנָקִ֑ים · Like the Anakites
    Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.
  4. Deuteronomy 2:21כָּעֲנָקִ֑ים · as the Anakites
    They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,
  5. Deuteronomy 9:2עֲנָקִ֑ים · of the Anakim
    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?”
  6. Joshua 11:21הָֽעֲנָקִים֙ · the Anakim
    At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.
  7. Joshua 11:22עֲנָקִ֔ים · Anakim
    No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
  8. Joshua 14:12עֲנָקִ֣ים · the Anakim
    Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”
  9. Joshua 14:15בָּעֲנָקִ֖ים · among the Anakim
    (Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.