Nephilim

[ nef-uh-lim, nef-uh-leem; Hebrew nuhf-ee-leem ]

plural noun
  1. Bible. a group of people or beings described as very large and strong, sometimes understood as the children of fallen angels and human women.

Origin of Nephilim

1
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Hebrew nĕfîlîm, plural of nāfîl, often translated as “giant,” perhaps literally “fallen one,” from nāfal “to fall”

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