Nephilim

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

  Nephilim \Neph"i*lim\, n. pl. [Heb. n[e^]ph[imac]l[imac]m.]
     Giants. --Gen. vi. 4. Num. xiii. 33.
     [1913 Webster]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:



  Nephilim
     (Gen. 6:4; Num. 13:33, R.V.), giants, the Hebrew word left
     untranslated by the Revisers, the name of one of the Canaanitish
     tribes. The Revisers have, however, translated the Hebrew
     gibborim, in Gen. 6:4, "mighty men."