Original Language Studio
Genesis 6:4
“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5303 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, a feller, i.e. a bully or tyrant
- Derivation
- or נְפִל; from H5307 (נָפַל);
- KJV renderings
- giant.
- Grammar
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- נְּפִלִ֞ים — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 13:33Numbers 13:33
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נְפִיל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.