Rephaim

Lofty men; giants, (Gen. 14:5; 2 Sam. 21:16, 18, marg. A.V., Rapha, marg. R.V., Raphah; Deut. 3:13, R.V.; A.V., “giants”). The aborigines of Palestine, afterwards conquered and dispossessed by the Canaanite tribes, are classed under this general title. They were known to the Moabites as Emim, i.e., “fearful”, (Deut. 2:11), and to the Ammonites as Zamzummim. Some of them found refuge among the Philistines, and were still existing in the days of David. We know nothing of their origin. They were not necessarily connected with the “giants” (R.V., “Nephilim”) of Gen. 6:4.

Recorded scripture occurrences (1)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: DEU 3:13

OET-RV DEU 3:13

13 Then the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan which had been Og’s kingdom, I allocated to half of the tribe of Menasheh (Manasseh).”
¶ (That whole area is called the land of the Refaim.

OET-LV DEU 3:13

13 And_the _remainder _of (the)_Gilˊād and_all (the)_Bāshān the _kingdom _of ˊŌg I _gave to_the _half _of the _tribe _of (the)_Mənashsheh all _of the _region _of (the)_ʼArgoⱱ to/from_all/each/any/every (the)_Bāshān (the)_that it _was _called the _land _of the_Rəfāʼīm.

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