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Anakim

people group

Tall and formidable people of Hebron whose stature terrified Israel's spies and became proverbial for fearsome opponents.

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A tall and formidable people descended from Anak, encountered by the twelve spies at and remembered as one of the chief reasons Israel feared to enter . and later drive them out of the hill country, though a remnant survives in the cities of , , and . Their stature becomes proverbial for terrifying opponents.

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