אֵימִים ʼÊymîym
Meaning
Emim, an early Canaanitish (or Maobitish) tribe
In the King James Version: Emims.
Derivation: plural of H367 (אֵימָה); terrors;
Where it is used
- Genesis 14:5 In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
- Deuteronomy 2:10 (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
- Deuteronomy 2:11 Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.