Lexicon :: Strong's H5303 - nāp̄îl

נָפִיל
Transliteration
nāp̄îl
Pronunciation
nef-eel'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From נָפַל (H5307)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1393a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: נפיל (Strongs and Gesenius) נפל (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

נְפִיל nᵉphîyl, nef-eel'; or נְפִל nᵉphil; from H5307; properly, a feller, i.e. a bully or tyrant:—giant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H5303 in the following manner: giant (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H5303 in the following manner: giant (3x).

  1. giants, the Nephilim

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נְפִיל nᵉphîyl, nef-eel'; or נְפִל nᵉphil; from H5307; properly, a feller, i.e. a bully or tyrant:—giant.
STRONGS H5303: Abbreviations
† נְפִלִים noun masculine plural giants, according to γίγαντες so ; הַנְּפִלִים Genesis 6:4 (J), הַנְּפִילִים בְּנֵי עֲנָק מִן־הַנְּפִלִים Numbers 13:33 (JE); omit בְּנֵי וגו׳, and so Di; these words perhaps doublet, but already in Samaritan, also (etymology dubious; compare Aramaic נִיפְלָא, נְפִילָא Orion; conjectures see in Thes Dion the passage; Tu Kn LenOr. i. 344, Eng. Tr. 345 f.; CheHebraica. iii (1887), 175, 176; all very precarious).
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Genesis

6:4

Numbers

13:33