Rephaim,

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Rephaim
     lofty men; giants, (Gen. 14:5; 2 Sam. 21:16, 18, marg. A.V.,
     Rapha, marg. R.V., Raphah; Deut. 3:13, R.V.; A.V., "giants").
     The aborigines of Palestine, afterwards conquered and
     dispossessed by the Canaanite tribes, are classed under this
     general title. They were known to the Moabites as Emim, i.e.,


     "fearful", (Deut. 2:11), and to the Ammonites as Zamzummim. Some
     of them found refuge among the Philistines, and were still
     existing in the days of David. We know nothing of their origin.
     They were not necessarily connected with the "giants" (R.V.,
     "Nephilim") of Gen. 6:4. (See {GIANTS}.)