נְּפִלִים Nephilim (H5303) is the masculine plural of the word naphal (H5307) which means to cause to fall, throw down, knock out, or lay prostrate (cf. Genesis 2:21; Genesis 4:5-6; Exodus 21:27; Exodus 32:28). נְּפִלִים Nephilim is often translated as “Giants,” likely due to the Greek Old Testaments translation of Nephilim as γίγαντες gígantes which means “giants.”
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