עָנָק
anak · Anak
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6061 · appears 9 times in the Bible
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anak (עָנָק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Anak”.
The ancestor of a people of Canaan, the Anakim, known for their great height.
How to say it
a·nak
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Numbers 13:22
They went up into the Negev and came as far as Hebron; and there were Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Numbers 13:28
Only the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and we also saw the descendants of Anak there.
- Numbers 13:33
And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are from the Nephilim); and we were in our own eyes like grasshoppers, and so we were in their eyes.”
- Deuteronomy 9:2
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, “Who can stand before the sons of Anak?”
- Joshua 15:13
And to Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the sons of Judah, according to the command of YHWH to Joshua: Kiriath-arba, the father of Anak (that is Hebron).
- Joshua 15:14
And Caleb dispossessed from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.
- Joshua 21:11
And they gave them Kiriath-arba (the father of Anak), that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with its pasturelands around it.
- Judges 1:20
They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken, and he dispossessed from there the three sons of Anak.
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