Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nephilim

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English

Syllables: Ne-phi-lim
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of Naphil

noun

Synonym of Naphil (“a member of the race of Nephilim”).

Example Sentences

"The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown."
"We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew נְפִילִים (“nefilim, fallen ones”), plural of נָפִיל (“nafíl, fallen one”).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: נְפִילִים

Inflected Forms

Nephilims (plural)

Synonyms

Naphil

Questions

What does nephilim mean?: plural of Naphil
Where does nephilim come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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