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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #5303 - נְפִל
Transliteration
nᵉphîyl
Phonetics
nef-eel', nef-eel'
Origin
from (H5307)
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TWOT
1393a
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- giants, the Nephilim
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
נְפִלִים noun masculine plural giants, according to ᵐ5 γίγαντες so ᵑ6ᵑ9; הַנְּפִלִים Genesis 6:4 (J), הַנְּפִילִים בְּנֵי עֲנָקמִןהַֿנְּפִלִים Numbers 13:33 (JE); ᵐ5 omit ׳בְּנֵי וגו, and so Di; these words perhaps doublet, but already in ⅏, also ᵑ9 (etymology dubious; compare Aramaic נִיפְלָא, נְפִילָא Orion; conjectures see in Thes Di on the passage; Tu Kn Len Or. i. 344, Eng. Tr. 345f.; Che Hebraica. iii (1887), 175,176; all very precarious).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
List of Word Forms
הַנְּפִילִ֛ים הַנְּפִלִ֑ים הַנְּפִלִ֞ים הנפילים הנפלים han·nə·p̄i·lîm han·nə·p̄î·lîm hannefiLim hannəp̄ilîm hannəp̄îlîm