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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 - There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them: the same became mighty men, who were of old, men of renown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:33 - And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, who come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
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