Questions tagged [nephilim]
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Are the Anak in Numbers 13:28? The descendants of the Anunnaki? The so called Sumerian Gods! “Those Who From Heaven To Earth Came"
They reported to Moses: “We went into the land where you sent us.
Indeed it is flowing with milk and honey, and here is some of its
fruit. However, the people living in the land are strong, and the
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Could those heads of the "Sons of Israel" really have encountered some "Sons of the Nephilim', when spying out the "Promised Land". Numbers 13:33
The Nephilim are only mentioned in one other book of the Bible, Gen, 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came into the daughters of men, and ...
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The angels created the Nephilim once (Genesis 6:4); could not other fallen angels do it again?
This question is one I have thought a lot about. In Genesis 6:2, the fallen angels came down and created the Nephilim. After that, God caused the flood and the Nephilim were presumably all destroyed. ...
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What support is there for "nephilim" meaning "giants"?
People seem to have an innate bias toward the mythical, preferring it over reality. The Hebrew word "nephilim," first used in Genesis 6:4, is no exception: many questions here are asked ...
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Does the prophecy in 1 Enoch 10:17-21 concern the righteous after the Flood, or a later time after the final Judgment?
In the tenth chapter of 1 Enoch, in verse 17 (or 23 in some manuscripts), following the sentence on Semyaza and the other fallen angels who procreated the nephilim, God says that:
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Regarding the previous question," Why is עֲרוּמִּ֔ים (Gen 2:25) translated "naked," [closed]
Regarding the previous question: Why is עֲרוּמִּ֔ים (Gen 2:25) translated "naked," and in the very next verse its singular form, עָר֔וּם (Gen 3:1), is translated "crafty/shrewd?" ...
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We are told about "Nephilim" in Num. 13:32-33. Why might some interpret them as inhuman (Gen. 6:4)?
In the Book of Numbers, we read about the "sons of Anak being part of the Nephilim." These were "men of great size" as described in the text (13:32):
Numbers 13:32-33: "So ...
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Owlam in Gen:6:4
I have looked at the Stack Exchange comments on Genesis 6:4 but have not found the following opinion expressed.
Could someone schooled in Hebrew please comment on my use of the word "Owlam" (Strong's ...
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Are the Nephilim one and the same as the Gibborim? Genesis 6:4 Onkelos Targum
According to the Onkelos Targum which is considered an authoritative translation of the Pentateuch
Onkelos Targum
Nephilim = Gibborim; they are one and the same.
גִּבָּרַיָּא הֲווֹ בְאַרְעָא ...
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Who were before and afterwards, the mighty men or the sons of God? Genesis 6:4
What I am not asking
I am not asking who the giants are, nor, who the sons of God are. Nor am I asking what the event was that marks the before and afterwards.
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Does the narrator of Numbers assert that the Anakim come from the Nephilim?
The Nephilim are named only in two verses in the Bible, in Genesis 6:4 and Numbers 13:33. Numbers 13:33 says that the Anakim come from the Nephilim, but different translations render this in a variety ...
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