Emim אֵימִים
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| אֵימִים | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | emim |
| Strong's number | H368 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Emim |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Deuteronomy (2) |
Emim (Hebrew אֵימִים, Strong's H368) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Emim”. It occurs 3 times.
Definition
People descended from Em(?), first mentioned at Gen.14.5
§ Emims = "terrors"
ancient inhabitants of Moab
§ Emims = "terrors"
ancient inhabitants of Moab
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | emims (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | emites (3) |
Verses
Every verse with Emim, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 14:5And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 2:10The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
- Deuteronomy 2:11Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).