ANAK

ANAKIM, famous giants in Palestine. Anak, father of the Anakim, was son of Arba, who gave his name to Kirjath-Arba, or Hebron. Anak had three sons, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, whose descendants were terrible for their fiercene and stature. The Hebrew spies reported that in comparison of those monstrous men, they themselves were but gra hoppers. Some have thought that the name Phœnician , given to the Can a a nites, and particularly to the Sidonians, was originally from Bene-Anak , sons of Anak. Caleb, a isted by the tribe of Judah, took Kirjath-Arba, and destroyed the Anakim, A. M. 2559. Josh. xv, 14; Judg. i, 20.