Nᵉphîyl — H5303
H5303 · Hebrew — נפיל
Pronunciation: nef-eel'
Other spellings: nᵉphil נְפִל
Definition
masculine noun
properly, a feller, i.e. a bully or tyrant
- giants, the Nephilim
Usually translated as
giant
Origin
or nᵉphil; from H5307
Occurrences
Nᵉphîyl occurs 3 times in 2 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Numbers (1)
- Genesis 6:4 — There were giants (הַנְּפִלִ֞ים) in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
- Numbers 13:33 — And there we saw the giants (הַנְּפִילִ֛ים), the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
- Numbers 13:33 — And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants (הַנְּפִלִ֑ים): and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Strong's Lexicon — N