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The Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon (1908) gives the meaning of Nephilim as "giants", and warns that proposed etymologies of the word are "all very precarious". [13] Many suggested interpretations are based on the assumption that the word is a derivative of Hebrew verbal root n-p-l (נ־פ־ל) "fall".
Gibborim (biblical) Gibborim (Hebrew: גִּבֹּרִ֛ים, romanized: gībbōrīm, singular גִּבֹּר gībbor) is a Hebrew word that can be glossed "mightiest" and is an intensive form of the word for "man" (גֶּבֶר geḇer). In the Hebrew Bible, it is used to describe people who are valiant, mighty, or of great stature.
Elioud. In the Book of Enoch and Book of Jubilees, copies of which were kept by groups including the religious community of Qumran that produced the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Elioud (also transliterated Eljo) [1] are the antediluvian children of the Nephilim, and are considered a part- angel hybrid race of their own. [2]
A reference to the nephilim ( נְפִילִים ), who are the mythical half-immortal "giants" described in Genesis. The name means "fallen ones." Or the term Nephes, which is a Kabbalistic term for a ghost that wanders around sepulchers. [26] Latter-day Saint scholar John Gee theorizes that Nephi is a Hebrew form of the Egyptian name Nfr.
Anakim (Hebrew: עֲנָקִים ʿĂnāqīm) are mentioned in the Bible as descendants of Anak. [1] According to the Old Testament, the Anakim lived in the southern part of the land of Canaan, near Hebron (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 15:13). Genesis 14:5–6 states that they inhabited the region later known as Edom and Moab in the days of Abraham.
The Book of Giants is an apocryphal book which expands upon the Genesis narrative of the Hebrew Bible, in a similar manner to the Book of Enoch.Together with this latter work, The Book of Giants "stands as an attempt to explain how it was that wickedness had become so widespread and muscular before the flood; in so doing, it also supplies the reason why God was more than justified in sending ...
In the Book of Mormon, the Nephites (/ ˈniːfaɪt /) [1] are one of four groups (along with the Lamanites, Jaredites, and Mulekites) said to have settled in the ancient Americas. The term is used throughout the Book of Mormon to describe the religious, political, and cultural traditions of the group of settlers.
Nephilim will be angel-human hybrids who swear to protect the world from demons. In the TV series Wynonna Earp, the lead character's half-sister Waverly Earp's biological father Julian is an angel. In the 2014 movie Noah, they are portrayed as rock monsters. In the TV series Lucifer, Nephilim are hybrids between angels and humans. There are ...