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Is “Nephilim” in the Bible?
Yes. “Nephilim” is in the Bible. It appears 3 times in the Lumin Translation, though not in the King James Bible.
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In the Bible
Yes. “Nephilim” is in the Bible.
It appears 3 times in the Lumin Translation, though not in the King James Bible.
The Nephilim are in Genesis 6:4 and Numbers 13:33. The King James Version calls them giants. Genesis says little about who they were, and readers have argued about it for centuries. In Numbers the spies use the name for the tall people of Canaan.
Where it appears
- 3 times
- 2 verses
- 2 books
Every verse with “nephilim” in the Lumin Translation:
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God slept with the daughters of humankind and they bore them children. These were the heroes of old, the famous men.
Genesis 6:4 · open the chapter →
We saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak, who come from the Nephilim—and we seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and that is how we looked to them.”
Numbers 13:33 · open the chapter →
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Is “Nephilim” in the Bible?
Yes. “Nephilim” is in the Bible. It appears 3 times in the Lumin Translation, though not in the King James Bible. The Nephilim are in Genesis 6:4 and Numbers 13:33. The King James Version calls them giants. Genesis says little about who they were, and readers have argued about it for centuries. In Numbers the spies use the name for the tall people of Canaan.
How many times is “Nephilim” in the Bible?
Nephilim appears 3 times in the Lumin Translation, and not in the King James Bible. Counts are of exact word forms.
Where is “Nephilim” first mentioned in the Bible?
In the Lumin Translation, nephilim first appears in Genesis 6:4: “The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God slept with the daughters of humankind and they bore them children. These were the heroes of old, the famous men.”
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