Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H5303 |
|---|---|
| Word: | נְפִיל נְפִל |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H5307 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | nphiyl |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | nef-eel' (or nphil {nef-eel'}) n-m. |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) a feller, i.e. a bully or tyrant |
| KJV Renderings: | giant. |
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נְפִלִים noun masculine plural giants, according to ᵐ5 γίγαντες so ᵑ6 ᵑ9 ; הַנְּפִלִים Gen 6:4 ( J ), הַנְּפִילִים בְּנֵי עֲנָק מִןהַֿנְּפִלִים Num 13:33 ( J E ); 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 Dion the passage; Tu Kn LenOr. i. 344, Eng. Tr. 345 f.; CheHebraica. iii (1887), 175, 176; all very precarious).
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
