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HebrewH6061Proper Noun (Masculine)

עֲנָק

a.naq

8Occurrences
H6061Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Anak, a Canaanite

the same as H6060 (עָנָק);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; father of: Ahiman (H0289), Sheshai (H8344) and Talmai (H8526); also called Anakim at ; 1x,22; Also named: a.na.qi (*עֲנָקִי *"Anakim" H6062) § Anak = "neck" progenitor of a family, or tribe of the giant people in Canaan

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

עֲנָק appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
3
Numbers
3
Deuteronomy
1
Judges
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 9:2BSB

The 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?”

Judges 1:20BSB

Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.

Joshua 15:13BSB

According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

Joshua 15:14BSB

And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

Joshua 21:11BSB

They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.