Nephilim

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew נְפִילִים (“nefilim, fallen ones”), plural of נָפִיל (“nafíl, fallen one”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ne‧phi‧lim

Noun

Nephilim

1. plural of Naphil
   • 2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, Genesis 6:4:

     The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

   • 2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, Numbers 13:33:

     We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.

Translations

a race of humanoid giants

• Ancient Greek: γίγαντες (gígantes)
• German: Nephilim pl
• Hebrew: נְפִלִים
• Russian: Нефилим m pl (Nefilim)
• Turkish: Nefilim, Nefiller

Noun

Nephilim (plural Nephilim or Nephilims)

1. (nonstandard) Synonym of Naphil (“a member of the race of Nephilim”).

Alternative forms

• nephilim

Translations

(nonstandard) a member of the race of Nephilim

• German: Nephilim m
• Polish: Nefilim