Anak

Gender: Male

Years: -1490 - -1443

Dictionary Text: Long-necked, the son of Arba, father of the Anakim;, Heb. Anok.

Family Members

• Father: Arba
• Children:
  • Ahiman
  • Talmai
  • Sheshai

Verses

• Deuteronomy 9:2: A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
• Joshua 21:11: And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
• Numbers 13:22: And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
• Joshua 15:13: And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
• Joshua 15:14: And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
• Numbers 13:28: Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
• Judges 1:20: And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
• Numbers 13:33: And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.