נְפִלִים
nĕpilîm
giants
Strong's H5303NounHebrewTWOT 1393a

נְפִלִים (nĕpilîm) is a Hebrew noun meaning giants. It appears 3 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5303).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1393a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1393a)giants; feller, bully, tyrant
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נְפִלִים noun, masculine, plural: giants

Strong's H5303 נְפִיל: properly, a feller, i.e. a bully or tyrant
KJV:giant.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1393: נפל npl — Root of: נְפִלִים giants

See it in Scripture

Genesis 6:4Numbers 13:33

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