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Anak
Anak was the ancestor of the "children of Anak" (the Anakim), who lived in the region of Hebron (Kirjath-arba) in Canaan. The Bible identifies him as the son of Arba and the father of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
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- AnakimBible
The Anakim were a people of great stature who lived in the southern hill country of Canaan, centered on Hebron, before the Israelite conquest. After the report of the twelve spies, they became the adversaries Israel feared.
- ArbaPeople
Arba is a figure in the Old Testament Book of Joshua, identified as the father of Anak and the greatest man among the Anakim. According to the biblical record, Kiriath-arba, the ancient name of Hebron, was derived from his name.
- Kiriath-arbaBible
Kiriath-arba is the ancient name of Hebron, a town in the hill country of Judah in southern Canaan. The Old Testament explains that the name came from Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.
- AshdodBible
Ashdod was one of the five Philistine cities on the Mediterranean coastal plain. It is known as the site of the temple of Dagon to which the ark of the covenant was carried in 1 Samuel 5, and it appears in the New Testament under the name Azotus.
- DebirBible
Debir was a Canaanite city in the hill country of Judah. Its earlier names were Kirjath-sepher and Kirjath-sannah, and it is known as the city captured by Othniel, a member of Caleb's family.
Verses in the King James Version 9, showing 6
- Deuteronomy 1:28
Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
- Deuteronomy 2:10
The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
- Deuteronomy 2:11
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
- Deuteronomy 2:21
A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
- Deuteronomy 9:2
A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
- Joshua 11:21
And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
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