ANAK, Anakim, famous Giants in Palestine. Anak, the Father of the Anakims, was the Son of Arba, who gave Ch. xiv. 15. Ch. xv. 14. Num. xiii. 23.his name to Kirjath-Arba, or Hebron. Anak had three Sons, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, who produced a great many others, terrible for their fierceness and their extraordinary stature. The Hebrews said, that in comparison of these monstrous Men, they were but Grass-hoppers. Some have thought that the name of Phœnician, given to the Canaanites, and particularly to the Sidonians, came from Bene-Anac, Sons of Anak. Others derive from it the Greek word Anax, which signifies King or Master. Caleb, assisted by the Tribe of Judah, took Kirjath-Arba, and destroyed the Anakims in the year of the World 2559.
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