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Anak in the Bible.

The son of Arba, father of the Anakim. The King James Version names Anak in 8 verses, from Numbers 13:22 to Judges 1:20.

Anak’s family.

Father
Arba
Himself
Anak

His family as Theographic Bible Metadata lists it; each name opens its own page.

Who Anak was.

Long-necked, the son of Arba, father of the Anakim (Josh. 15:13; 21:11, Heb. Anok).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Anak’s story.

  • Hebronnamed with him in 4 verses
  • Egyptnamed with him in 1 verse
  • Zoannamed with him in 1 verse

Each opens its own page: where it is on the map and every verse.

All 8 verses that name Anak.

Numbers 3

  • Numbers 13:22And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
  • Numbers 13:28Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
  • Numbers 13:33And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

Deuteronomy 1

  • Deuteronomy 9:2A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!

Joshua 3

  • Joshua 15:13And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
  • Joshua 15:14And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
  • Joshua 21:11And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

Judges 1

  • Judges 1:20And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

Questions about Anak.

Who was Anak in the Bible?

The son of Arba, father of the Anakim. The King James Version names Anak in 8 verses, from Numbers 13:22 to Judges 1:20.

Who was Anak’s father?

Arba.

Who were Anak’s children?

BibleLectio’s family tree lists Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai.

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