Giants:
men of extraordinary size or height.
(1.) They are first spoken of in Genesis 6:4 under the name Nephilim. We are told in Genesis 6:1-4 that "there were Nephilim in the earth," and that afterwards the "sons of God" mingling with the beautiful "daughters of men produced a race of violent and insolent Gibborim (Authorized Version "mighty men".)
(2.) The Rephalim, a name which frequently occurs. The earliest mention of them is the record of their defeat by Chedorlaomer and some allied kings at Ashteroth Karnaim. The "valley of Rephaim," (2 Samuel 5:18; 1 Chronicles 11:15; Isaiah 17:5) a rich valley southwest of Jerusalem, derived its name from them. They were probably an aboriginal people of which the EMIMS, ANAKIM and ZUZIM, were branches. SEE [EMIMS], [ANAKIM], [ZUZIM, THE], [GOLIATH].
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