Bible Lexicons

epithet of peopleבְּנֵי הָעֲנָק long-necked (tall) men, early giant people about Hebron and in Philistia, Ενακ, Εναχ, Joshua 15:14 (JE) = Judges 1:20, without article Numbers 13:33 (JE), Deuteronomy 9:2; also ׳יְלִדַי הָע Numbers 13:22,28; Joshua 15:14 (all J E); called also עֲנָקִים long-necks, Ενακειμ, Joshua 14:12,15 (JE), Joshua 11:21,22 (D), Deuteronomy 2:10,11,21 + Jeremiah 47:5 (read עֲנָקִים for ᵑ0עִמְקָם), and perhaps 1 Chronicles 12:16 (see עֵמֶק near the end); בְּנֵי עֲנָקִים 1 Chronicles 1:28 (ᵐ5 γίγαντες, compare Numbers 13:33), Numbers 9:2; עֲנָק later (erroneously) as eponymous ancestor of Anakim Joshua 15:13 = עֲנוֺק Joshua 21:11 (both P). — See especially Mey ^{ZAW i (1881), 139} GFM ^{Judges 1:10. 20} Che ^{Ency. Bib. ANAK}.