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Strong's Hebrew

7498b. rapha -- giant
... giant. Transliteration: rapha or raphah Short Definition: giant. Word Origin from
raphah Definition giant NASB Word Usage giant (4), giants (3). 7498a, 7498b ...
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6062. Anaq -- "neck," a giant people around Hebron and in ...
... 6061, 6062. Anaq. 6063 . "neck," a giant people around Hebron and in Philistia.
Transliteration: Anaq Phonetic Spelling: (an-aw-kee') Short Definition: Anakim ...
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1555. Golyath -- a Philistine giant
... 1554, 1555. Golyath. 1556 . a Philistine giant. Transliteration: Golyath
Phonetic Spelling: (gol-yath') Short Definition: Goliath. ...
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7497. Rapha -- inhab. of an area East of the Jordan
... giant, Rapha, Rephaims. Or raphah {raw-faw'}; from rapha' in the sense of invigorating;
a giant -- giant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also Beyth Rapha'. ...
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5303. Nephilim -- "giants," name of two peoples, one before the ...
... giant. Or nphil {nef-eel'}; from naphal; properly, a feller, ie A bully or tyrant --
giant. see HEBREW naphal. 5302, 5303. Nephilim or Nephilim. 5304 . ...
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1368. gibbor -- strong, mighty
... warriors (17), who is mighty (1). champion, chief, excel, giant, man, mighty
man, one, strong man,. Or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore ...
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1051. Beth Rapha -- an Israelite name
... name NASB Word Usage Beth-rapha (1). Beth-rapha. From bayith and rapha'; house of
(the) giant; Beth-Rapha, an Israelite -- Beth-rapha. see HEBREW bayith. ...
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7498. Rapha' -- a Benjamite
... Rapha Or Raphah {raw-faw'}; probably the same as rapha'; giant; Rapha or Raphah,
the name of two Israelites -- Rapha. see HEBREW rapha'. 7497, 7498. ...
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Library

In the Dungeon of Giant Discourager
... CHAPTER NINE IN THE DUNGEON OF GIANT DISCOURAGER. IN THE DUNGEON OF GIANT
DISCOURAGER I feel very discouraged at times, and sometimes ...
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The Routing of Giant Doubt
... CHAPTER ELEVEN THE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT. THE ROUTING OF GIANT DOUBT Doubts! doubts! ...
He had a great encounter with old Giant Doubt; so let us pay him a visit. ...
/.../berry/adventures in the land of canaan/chapter eleven the routing of.htm

The Torments of Giant Bad Feelings
... CHAPTER TEN THE TORMENTS OF GIANT BAD FEELINGS. THE TORMENTS OF GIANT BAD
FEELINGS I am just a bundle of feelings. I never imagined ...
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In the Hands of Giant Accuser
... CHAPTER SEVEN IN THE HANDS OF GIANT ACCUSER. IN THE HANDS OF GIANT ACCUSER ... I
recall one battle I had with Giant Accuser [Matthew 4:1-11]. ...
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Conflicts with Giant Mistake
... CHAPTER EIGHT CONFLICTS WITH GIANT MISTAKE. CONFLICTS WITH GIANT MISTAKE ... But at
first Mistake assumes all the characteristics of a true giant. ...
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David's victory Over the Giant
... THE OLD TESTAMENT DAVID'S VICTORY OVER THE GIANT. As long as Saul lived
there was bitter war with the Philistines. Whenever Saul ...
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The Adventures of Saint Anthony of Italy.
... and higher, there appeared before them a marble castle with gates of brass, which
they guessed, from inquiries they had made, belonged to the giant Blanderon. ...
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Of the Generations of the Three Sons of Noah.
... After enumerating these, Scripture returns to the first of the sons, and says,
"Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a giant on the earth. ...
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Table of Contents
... 7. In the Hands of Giant Accuser. 8. Conflicts with Giant Mistake. 9. In the Dungeon
of Giant Discourager. 10. The Torments of Giant Bad Feelings. 11. ...
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The Power of a Pebble.
... them. Out of the Philistine camp a giant came one day, Goliath of Gath. ... And
this was the way David armed himself to meet the giant. He ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A man of extraordinary bulk and stature.

2. (n.) A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.

3. (n.) Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power.

4. (a.) Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.

Thesaurus

Giant (8 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers;
a giant son. Multi-Version Concordance Giant (8 Occurrences). ...
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Giants (18 Occurrences)
... In Samuel 21:16, 18, 20, 33, "the giant" is (AV) the rendering of the singular form
ha raphah, which may possibly be the name of the father of the four giants ...
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Goliath (6 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Great. (1.) A famous giant of Gath, who ... (2.) In 2 Samuel
21:19 there is another giant of the same name mentioned as slain by Elhanan. ...
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Saph (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Extension, the son of the giant whom Sibbechai slew
(2 Samuel 21:18); called also Sippai (1 Chronicles 20:4). Int. ...
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Rephaim (32 Occurrences)
... ref'-a-im, re-fa'-im (repha'-im, from rapha', "a terrible one "hence "giant," in
1 Chronicles 20:4, yelidhe ha-rapha', "sons of the giant"; the King James ...
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Abishai (25 Occurrences)
... Samuel 18:2, 5, 12). He slew the Philistine giant Ishbi-benob, who threatened
David's life (2 Samuel 21:15-17). He was the chief ...
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Sibbecai (5 Occurrences)
... He slew the giant Saph in the battle of Gob (2 Samuel 21:18; RV, "Sibbechai").
Called also Mebunnai (23:27). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Argob (6 Occurrences)
... The land bears still the appearance of having been called the `land of giants' under
the giant Og." "I have more than once entered a deserted city in the ...
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Gath (44 Occurrences)
... its people, it does not seem to have been captured until the time of David (1
Chronicles 18:1). It was rendered famous as the abode of the giant Goliath whom ...
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Descended (64 Occurrences)
... there was a man of great stature, who had on every hand six fingers, and on every
foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. ...
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Bible Concordance

Giant (8 Occurrences)

2 Samuel 21:16 and Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
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2 Samuel 21:18 It came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
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2 Samuel 21:20 There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
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2 Samuel 21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
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1 Chronicles 20:4 It happened after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, of the sons of the giant; and they were subdued.
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1 Chronicles 20:6 There was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were twenty-four, six on each hand, and six on each foot; and he also was born to the giant.
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1 Chronicles 20:8 These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Job 16:14 He breaks me with breach on breach. He runs on me like a giant.
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Subtopics

Giant

Rehpaim

Related Terms

Giants (18 Occurrences)

Goliath (6 Occurrences)

Saph (1 Occurrence)

Rephaim (32 Occurrences)

Abishai (25 Occurrences)

Sibbecai (5 Occurrences)

Argob (6 Occurrences)