Bible Person
Meaning: a collar; ornament · Male · 8 cross references
Anak is the ancestor linked with the Anakim, the feared giants of Canaan remembered by the spies and later driven out by Caleb. Like several early ethnographic figures, his significance lies mostly through the people descended from him. First appears in Num 13:22.1
AI summary: Anak matters because the cross references present his descendants as one of the most intimidating features of the land awaiting Israel. The Anakim shape the fear of the unbelieving spies and later become a visible sign of the courage required for Caleb's inheritance. In this way the ancestral name carries narrative force far beyond a genealogy. Taken together, the material presents Anak as an ethnographic ancestor whose line symbolizes both human intimidation and the eventual triumph of faithful courage.1
Central Figure
Anak
Meaning: a collar; ornament
Long-necked, the son of Arba, father of the Anakim (Josh.
Long-necked, the son of Arba, father of the Anakim (Josh. 15:13; 21:11, Heb. Anok). 3
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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.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
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.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.