Keraia
People

Emim

The Emim were a tall and numerous people who inhabited the region of Moab before the Moabites.
GroupOld Testament2 books3 verses

Summary

People from Em(?), first mentioned at Genesis 14:5; only referred to as Emim (אֵימִים).

Glossary entries

Emim, Emites

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. Genesis 14:5
    In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
  2. Deuteronomy 2:10
    (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
  3. Deuteronomy 2:11
    Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.