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Numbers 13:33

We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”

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ASV

And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

KJV

And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְשָׁ֣םve.Shamand thereH8033 →
רָאִ֗ינוּra.'I.nuwe sawH7200 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַנְּפִילִ֛יםha.ne.fi.Limthe NephilimH5303 →
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121 →
עֲנָ֖ק'a.NakAnakH6061 →
מִן־min-[were] fromH4480 →
הַנְּפִלִ֑יםha.ne.fi.Limthe NephilimH5303 →
וַנְּהִ֤יva.ne.Hiand we wereH1961 →
בְעֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙ve.'ei.Nei.nuin own eyes ourH5869 →
כַּֽחֲגָבִ֔יםka.cha.ga.Vimlike grasshoppersH2284 →
וְכֵ֥ןve.Khenand thusH3651 →
הָיִ֖ינוּha.Yi.nuwe wereH1961 →
בְּעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃be.'ei.nei.Hemin view theirH5869 →

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Deuteronomy 1:28Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”Genesis 6:4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.Isaiah 40:22He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.Joshua 14:12Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”1 Samuel 17:42When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.Deuteronomy 9:2The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”Deuteronomy 3:11(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)1 Samuel 9:2And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.Numbers 13:28Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.1 Chronicles 11:23He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.Numbers 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.Deuteronomy 2:10(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.1 Samuel 17:4–7Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,2 Samuel 21:20–22And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,Joshua 15:14And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.Judges 1:10Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.Deuteronomy 2:11Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.1 Samuel 17:24When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.

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The Spies Return from the Promised Land — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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