Strong H368אֵימִים
Emim
- Transliteration
- 'êymîym
- Pronunciation
- ay-meem'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Plural of H367; terrors;
{Emim} an early Canaanitish (or Moabitish) tribe: - Emims.
{Emim} an early Canaanitish (or Moabitish) tribe: - Emims.
Meaning of the name
Emims = "terrors"
Detailed definition
People descended from Em(?), first mentioned at Gen.14.5
In the biblical story
Emim
An ancient people group defeated by Chedorlaomer.
The Emim were a tall and numerous people who inhabited the region of Moab before the Moabites (Gen.14.5; Deu.2.10,11).
In the Bible
Strong H368 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- emims3
First verses
- Genesis 14:5And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
- Deuteronomy 2:10The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
- Deuteronomy 2:11Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.