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Lexicon :: Strong's H5303 - nāp̄îl

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נָפִיל
Transliteration
nāp̄îl
Pronunciation
nef-eel'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1393a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: נפיל (Strongs and Gesenius) נפל (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

נְפִיל nᵉphîyl, nef-eel'; or נְפִל nᵉphil; from H5307; properly, a feller, i.e. a bully or tyrant:—giant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H5303 in the following manner: giant (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H5303 in the following manner: giant (3x).

  1. giants, the Nephilim

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נְפִיל nᵉphîyl, nef-eel'; or נְפִל nᵉphil; from H5307; properly, a feller, i.e. a bully or tyrant:—giant.
STRONGS H5303: Abbreviations
† נְפִלִים noun masculine plural giants, according to Greek Version of the LXX γίγαντες so Syriac Version Vulgate; הַנְּפִלִים Genesis 6:4 (J), הַנְּפִילִים בְּנֵי עֲנָק מִן־הַנְּפִלִים Numbers 13:33 (JE); Greek Version of the LXX omit בְּנֵי וגו׳, and so Di; these words perhaps doublet, but already in Samaritan, also Vulgate (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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:4

Numbers

13:33

H5303

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5303 matches the Hebrew נָפִיל (nāp̄îl),
which occurs 3 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:4 - The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:33 - We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”
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