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Strong's #5303 - נְפִל

Transliteration
nᵉphîyl
Phonetics
nef-eel', nef-eel'
Root Word (Etymology)
from (H5307)
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TWOT
1393a
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) giants, the Nephilim

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KJV (3)
Genesis 1
Numbers 2
NAS (3)
Genesis 1
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HCS (3)
Genesis 1
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BSB (4)
Genesis 2
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ESV (3)
Genesis 1
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WEB (3)
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 נְפִלִים noun masculine plural giants, according to ᵐ5 γίγαντες so ᵑ6ᵑ9; הַנְּפִלִים Genesis 6:4 (J), הַנְּפִילִים בְּנֵי עֲנָקמִןהַֿנְּפִלִים Numbers 13:33 (JE); ᵐ5 omit ׳בְּנֵי וגו, and so Di; these words perhaps doublet, but already in , also ᵑ9 (etymology dubious; compare Aramaic נִיפְלָא, נְפִילָא Orion; conjectures see in Thes Di on the passage; Tu Kn Len Or. i. 344, Eng. Tr. 345f.; Che Hebraica. iii (1887), 175,176; all very precarious).


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List of Word Forms
הַנְּפִילִ֛ים הַנְּפִלִ֑ים הַנְּפִלִ֞ים הנפילים הנפלים han·nə·p̄i·lîm han·nə·p̄î·lîm hannefiLim hannəp̄ilîm hannəp̄îlîm
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