ʼÊymîym — H368

Definition

masculine plural proper noun

Emim, an early Canaanitish (or Maobitish) tribe

1. Emims = "terrors"
2. ancient inhabitants of Moab

Usually translated as

Emims

Origin

plural of H367; terrors

• ʼêymâh (H367)

Occurrences

ʼÊymîym occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (2)

• Genesis 14:5 — And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims (הָֽאֵימִ֔ים) in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
• Deuteronomy 2:10 — The Emims (הָאֵמִ֥ים) dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
• Deuteronomy 2:11 — Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims (אֵמִֽים).