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Bible Dictionary

Emims

Terrors, a warlike tribe of giants who were defeated by Chedorlaomer and his allies in the plain of Kiriathaim. In the time of Abraham they occupied the country east of Jordan, afterwards the land of…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Terrors, a warlike tribe of giants who were defeated by Chedorlaomer and his allies in the plain of Kiriathaim. In the time of Abraham they occupied the country east of Jordan, afterwards the land of the Moabites (Gen. 14:5; Deut. 2:10). , “terrible men” (Deut. 2:11). The Ammonites called them Zamzummims (2:20).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(terrors), a tribe or family of gigantic stature which originally inhabited the region along the eastern side of the Dead Sea. They were related to the Anakim.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

E'MIMS (terrors), a race of giants living east of the Dead Sea; related to the Anakim. Gen 14:5 Deut 2:10-11.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

fears; terrors; formidable; people

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