Person of Interest

    the giant in Gath

    meaning: 

    1



Dictionary Summary:Heb. ‘Anakim ([Deut. 2:10](/deut#Deut.2.10), [11](/deut#Deut.2.11), [21](/deut#Deut.2.21); [Josh. 11:21](/josh#Josh.11.21), [22](/josh#Josh.11.22); 14:12, 15; called “sons of Anak,” [Num. 13:33](/num#Num.13.33); “children of Anak,” 13:22; [Josh. 15:14](/josh#Josh.15.14)), a nomad race of giants descended from Arba ([Josh. 14:15](/josh#Josh.14.15)), the father of Anak, that dwelt in the south of Palestine near Hebron ([Gen. 23:2](/gen#Gen.23.2); [Josh. 15:13](/josh#Josh.15.13)). They were a Cushite tribe of the same race as the Philistines and the Egyptian shepherd kings. David on several occasions encountered them ([2 Sam. 21:15-22](/2sam#2Sam.21.15)). From this race sprung Goliath ([1 Sam. 17:4](/1sam#1Sam.17.4)). 2


Children

    Goliath

    meaning: passage; revolution; heap

    1

    Lahmi

    meaning: my bread; my war

    1

    Ishbi-benob

    meaning: respiration; conversion; taking captive

    1

    man of great stature

    meaning: 

    1

    Sippai

    meaning: threshold; silver cup

    1


Cross References
BookCross-References
2Sam
    21.16 21.18 21.20 21.22 
1Chr
    20.4 20.6 20.8 

Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

      1

      Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      2

      M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      3

      Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.