Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H6061

עֲנָק

a.naq · “Anak”

Used 9 times across 4 books

Definition

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.13.22;
father of: Ahiman (H0289), Sheshai (H8344) and Talmai (H8526); also called Anakim at Deu.1.28; 2.10,11,21; 9.2; 1x,22; 14.12,15;
Also named: a.na.qi (עֲנָקִי "Anakim" H6062)
§ Anak = "neck"
progenitor of a family, or tribe of the giant people in Canaan

Where it appears

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

In the text

Numbers 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)Numbers 13:28Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.Numbers 13:33And there we saw the giants, 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.Deuteronomy 9:2A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!Joshua 15:13And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.Joshua 15:14And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.Joshua 21:11And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.Judges 1:20And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

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