Anak

Ancestor of giant people in Canaan

A written article for Anak is still to come. Below and alongside: where Anak appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1600 BC
    1400 BC
  • Anak
    1490 BC to 1443 BC

Original word

  • עָנָק anak
    H6061
Relationships
Son: Ahiman Father: Arba Son: Sheshai Son: Talmai
Citations
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Where Anak appears in Scripture

Numbers 13

וַיַּֽעֲלוּ בַנֶּגֶב וַיָּבֹא עַד-חֶבְרוֹן וְשָׁם אֲחִימַן שֵׁשַׁי וְתַלְמַי יְלִידֵי הָֽעֲנָק וְחֶבְרוֹן שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים נִבְנְתָה לִפְנֵי צֹעַן מִצְרָֽיִם׃
22
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
אֶפֶס כִּֽי-עַז הָעָם הַיֹּשֵׁב בָּאָרֶץ וְהֶֽעָרִים בְּצֻרוֹת גְּדֹלֹת מְאֹד וְגַם-יְלִדֵי הָֽעֲנָק רָאִינוּ שָֽׁם׃
28
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
וְשָׁם רָאִינוּ אֶת-הַנְּפִילִים בְּנֵי עֲנָק מִן-הַנְּפִלִים וַנְּהִי בְעֵינֵינוּ כַּֽחֲגָבִים וְכֵן הָיִינוּ בְּעֵֽינֵיהֶֽם׃
33
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

Deuteronomy 9

עַֽם-גָּדוֹל וָרָם בְּנֵי עֲנָקִים אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ וְאַתָּה שָׁמַעְתָּ מִי יִתְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי עֲנָֽק׃
2
A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!

Joshua 15

וּלְכָלֵב בֶּן-יְפֻנֶּה נָתַן חֵלֶק בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵֽי-יְהוּדָה אֶל-פִּי יְהוָה לִֽיהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת-קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע אֲבִי הָֽעֲנָק הִיא חֶבְרֽוֹן׃
13
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
וַיֹּרֶשׁ מִשָּׁם כָּלֵב אֶת-שְׁלוֹשָׁה בְּנֵי הָֽעֲנָק אֶת-שֵׁשַׁי וְאֶת-אֲחִימַן וְאֶת-תַּלְמַי יְלִידֵי הָֽעֲנָֽק׃
14
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

Joshua 21

וַיִּתְּנוּ לָהֶם אֶת-קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע אֲבִי הָֽעֲנוֹק הִיא חֶבְרוֹן בְּהַר יְהוּדָה וְאֶת-מִגְרָשֶׁהָ סְבִֽיבֹתֶֽיהָ׃
11
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

Judges 1

וַיִּתְּנוּ לְכָלֵב אֶת-חֶבְרוֹן כַּֽאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר מֹשֶׁה וַיּוֹרֶשׁ מִשָּׁם אֶת-שְׁלֹשָׁה בְּנֵי הָֽעֲנָֽק׃
20
And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.