Anakim

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anakim \An"a*kim\, Anaks \A"naks\, n. pl. [Heb.] (Bibl.)
     A race of giants living in Palestine.
     [1913 Webster]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:



  Anakim
     the descendants of Anak (Josh. 11:21; Num. 13:33; Deut. 9:2).
     They dwelt in the south of Palestine, in the neighbourhood of
     Hebron (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 15:13). In the days of Abraham (Gen.
     14:5, 6) they inhabited the region afterwards known as Edom and
     Moab, east of the Jordan. They were probably a remnant of the
     original inhabitants of Palestine before the Canaanites, a
     Cushite tribe from Babel, and of the same race as the
     Phoenicians and the Egyptian shepherd kings. Their formidable
     warlike appearance, as described by the spies sent to search the
     land, filled the Israelites with terror. They seem to have
     identified them with the Nephilim, the "giants" (Gen. 6:4; Num.
     13:33) of the antediluvian age. There were various tribes of
     Anakim (Josh. 15:14). Joshua finally expelled them from the
     land, except a remnant that found a refuge in the cities of
     Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod (Josh. 11:22). The Philistine giants whom
     David encountered (2 Sam. 21:15-22) were descendants of the
     Anakim. (See {GIANTS}.)