The traditional definition of Nephilim is giant. Some dictionaries describe the nephilim as being giants who also possess super human strength. The Greek Septuagint, an ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible , refers to them as gigantes, which actually means "earth-born," a concept we will be coming back to as we continue.
It is believed that the word Nephilim comes from the root word "Naphal" which means to fall. In biblical circles this definition has quickly put the Nephilim into the role of the children of the fallen angels . The word Naphal, however, is never directly associated with the concept of fallen angels. Its meaning in context is more closely associated with the idea of lying prostrate or of prostrating oneself. There are also ties in this word to the concept of failure, falling short, or being cast down. (Read more.)
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Friend, to write in terms of "The traditional definition of Nephilim is giant. Some dictionaries describe the nephilim as being giants," etc. is to tell us that the traditional definition of Nephilim is a vague, generic, subjective and undefined term so it is to tell us nothing except that they were "earth-born" and, of course, the traditional definition of Nephilim is fallen/to fall/fallen ones.
You are quoting from Ancient Origins, who published the article. Those are not my words. Just because I linked to the article does not mean I agree with everything they say. You should leave a comment on the original article.
Indeed, I noticed that. Yet, I would think is useful to mention such things when you present sources to your audience.
FYI: I just published a book titled, "Nephilim and Giants as per Pop-Researchers" which is a comprehensive consideration of the claims of I.D.E. Thomas, Chuck Missler, Dante Fortson, Derek Gilbert, Brian Godawa, Patrick Heron, Thomas Horn, Ken Johnson, L.A. Marzulli, Josh Peck, CK Quarterman, Steve Quayle, Rob Skiba, Gary Wayne, Jim Wilhelmsen, et al.: http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/new-book-%E2%80%9Cnephilim-and-giants-pop-researchers%E2%80%9D
Ken, I am not an authority on this topic so there is little I can offer in the way of an editorial. Perhaps I should only stick with topics I know well. But I like to share articles I find interesting even if they are beyond my expertise. I provide a link to an article, but I leave the comments open in case someone who is an authority, like yourself, wants to share some information, which is very helpful. I am delighted to have the link you shared, it sounds very interesting. And please let us know all about your book! Any quotes from it that you can share here are welcomed!
I can related: on social media I often post interesting articles about science, cultural issues, etc. some of which are a bit in-house for me to fully comprehend.
Maybe take a look at my books and see if anything seems interesting: http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/%E2%80%9Cno-end-books%E2%80%9D-publications
As for "giant," I will say that we must first define our terms before jumping into a discussion and so note when people do things such as writing an entire article without defining the key term upon which the article is based.
And defining "giants" is not as easy as it may seem since, for examples, some use it to refer to unusual height (but "giant" and "unusual" are both subjective as is "tall") so it may refer to a few inches taller than average (with the "average" also being subjective) or a few feet taller or entire body-lengths taller (note that, for example, Hebrew males of biblical days averaged 5.0-5.3 ft).
Also, biblically "giants" can be a word used to render "Nephilim" or "Rephaim" or "gibborim" and yet, those three are completely different things--and it is a terrible idea to render more than one word with one single word.
So, a best practice is to begin with ensuring we define our terms and demand that others define their terms (and we and they may also have to justify our definitions, by the way).
Moreover, the English term "giant" comes from the Greek "gigantes" (related "gigas") which literally means "earth-born."
So, anyhow, that was just a general term in terms for "Any quotes from it that you can share."
Excellent and fascinating, thank you! All your books look really, really good!
You are much too kind.
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