Topic
Emim
4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Genesis 14:5ISBE
And 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 2:10ISBE
The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
- Deuteronomy 2:11ISBE
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
- Deuteronomy 2:20ISBE
(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
e'-mim ('emim; Ommaein, Ommein, or Ommiein):
Stated to have been the earlier inhabitants of Moab (De 2:10,11), and to have been of tall stature, and hence, "accounted Rephaim (or giants) as the Anakim" or the Zamzummim of Ammon (De 2:20). As the name was given to them by the Moabites, it may not have been that by which they called themselves. A tall race, known to the Israelites as REPHAIM (which see), once existed in Southern Palestine as well as on the East side of the Jordan, but its exact relationship is unknown. In the time of Abraham the Emim were living in the Moabite district of Shaveh-kiriathaim, identified with the modern Kureiyat (Ge 14:5).
A. H. Sayce
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.