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Lexicon :: Strong's H6061 - ʿănāq

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עֲנָק
Transliteration
ʿănāq
Pronunciation
aw-nawk'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as עֲנָק (H6060)
Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: ענק.

Strong’s Definitions

עָנָק ʻÂnâq, aw-nawk'; the same as H6060; Anak, a Canaanite:—Anak.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H6061 in the following manner: Anak (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H6061 in the following manner: Anak (9x).

  1. Anak = "neck"

    1. progenitor of a family, or tribe of the giant people in Canaan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָנָק ʻÂnâq, aw-nawk'; the same as H6060; Anak, a Canaanite:—Anak.
STRONGS H6061: Abbreviations
† I. עֲנָק noun [masculine] neck, only in epithet of people בְּנֵי 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 הָע׳יְלִידַי Numbers 13:22, Numbers 13:28; Joshua 15:14 (all J E);
[H6062 called also עֲנָקִים long-necks, Ενακειμ, Joshua 14:12, Joshua 15:15 (JE), Joshua 11:21, Joshua 11:22 (D), Deuteronomy 2:10, Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:21] +
[H6010 Jeremiah 47:5] (read עֲנָקִים for MT עִמְקָם), and perhaps [H6010 1 Chronicles 12:16 [1 Chronicles 12:15] (see H6010 עֵמֶק near the end);]
בְּנֵי עֲנָקִים [H6062 Deuteronomy 1:28] (Greek Version of the LXX γίγαντες, compare Numbers 13:33), [H6062 Deuteronomy 9:2;]
עֲנָק later (erroneously) as eponymous ancestor of Anakim Joshua 15:13 = עֲנוֺק Joshua 21:11 (both P). — See especially MeyZAW i (1881), 139 GFMJudges 1:10, 20 CheEncy. Bib. ANAK.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

13:22; 13:28; 13:33; 13:33

Deuteronomy

9:2

Joshua

15:13; 15:14; 15:14; 21:11

Judges

1:20

H6061

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6061 matches the Hebrew עֲנָק (ʿănāq),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:22 - Going north, they passed through the Negev and arrived at Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai—all descendants of Anak—lived. (The ancient town of Hebron was founded seven years before the Egyptian city of Zoan.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28 - But the people living there are powerful, and their towns are large and fortified. We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:33 - We even saw giants[fn] there, the descendants of Anak. Next to them we felt like grasshoppers, and that’s what they thought, too!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:2 - The people are strong and tall—descendants of the famous Anakite giants. You’ve heard the saying, ‘Who can stand up to the Anakites?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 - The LORD commanded Joshua to assign some of Judah’s territory to Caleb son of Jephunneh. So Caleb was given the town of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), which had been named after Anak’s ancestor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:14 - Caleb drove out the three groups of Anakites—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the sons of Anak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:11 - Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasturelands. (Arba was an ancestor of Anak.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:20 - The town of Hebron was given to Caleb as Moses had promised. And Caleb drove out the people living there, who were descendants of the three sons of Anak.
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