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  • proper noun From the Bible Deuteronomy 1.28 A race of bigger than usual people, the sons of Anak, who were living in Canaan at the time of the arrival of Moses and the Israelites

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Examples

  • Also known as the Anakim in modern Bible translations.

    Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

  • Compare the apocryphal giants, the Anakim, wiped out in the Flood of Genesis.

    Strange Fiction 8 Hal Duncan 2006

  • You have heard it said of them, “Who can stand up to the Anakim?”

    Scriptures at Your Fingertips Merry Graham Rachel Bye 2005

  • You are about to cross the Jordan today, to go in and dispossess nations larger and mightier than you, great cities, fortified to the heavens, a strong and tall people, the offspring of the Anakim, whom you know.

    Scriptures at Your Fingertips Merry Graham Rachel Bye 2005

  • The mercenaries of Constantius are men from the Shemitish cities of the west, Pelishtim, Anakim, Akkharim, and are ardently hated by the Zuagirs and other wandering tribes.

    The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • The mercenaries of Constantius are men from the Shemitish cities of the west, Pelishtim, Anakim, Akkharim, and are ardently hated by the Zuagirs and other wandering tribes.

    The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • There were meats enough to have feasted the Anakim.

    Error Felix Davies, Richard T. 1991

  • The mercenaries of Constantius are men from the Shemitish cities of the west, Pelishtim, Anakim, Akkharim, and are ardently hated by the Zuagirs and other wandering tribes.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • The mercenaries of Constantius are men from the Shemitish cities of the west, Pelishtim, Anakim, Akkharim, and are ardently hated by the Zuagirs and other wandering tribes.

    A Witch Shall Be Born Howard, Robert E. 1975

  • The Anakim are fighting the Kushites, who had their hands full already.

    Conan the Freebooter Howard, Robert E. 1968

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