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Deuteronomy 2:21

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A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
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  1. Deuteronomy 1:28Rank 1 from verse 21
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    28Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

  2. Deuteronomy 2:10–11Rank 2 from verse 21
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    10The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;

    11Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.

  3. Deuteronomy 2:22Rank 3 from verse 21
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    22As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

  4. Deuteronomy 3:11Rank 4 from verse 21
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    11For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

  5. Habakkuk 1:10–11Rank 5 from verse 21
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    10And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

    11Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

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Deuteronomy 2:21

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

tall

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High in stature; long and comparatively slender; applied to a person, or to a standing tree, mast or pole.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

destroyed

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Past-tense or past-participial form of destroy. Sense 1: Ruined, demolished, consumed, or laid waste. Sense 2: Killed or cut off. Sense 3: Caused a thing's structure, use, activity, or present condition to cease.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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stead

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The place, position, office, or role occupied by one person or thing in substitution for another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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20(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

21A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

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22As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

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