Nephilim

Borrowed from Hebrew נְפִילִים‎ (“nefilim, fallen ones”), plural of נָפִיל‎ (“nafíl, fallen one”).

• Hyphenation: Ne‧phi‧lim

Nephilim (plural of Naphil, Nephilim)

1. A race of humanoid giants mentioned in the Old Testament, described as being physically impressive and heroic.
   • 2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, Genesis 6:4:

     The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

   • 2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, Numbers 13:33:

     We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.

Nephilim (plural Nephilim)

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of Naphil (“a member of the race of Nephilim”).

• nephilim