Reference: Emim
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1. A gigantic and warlike race, who in the time of Abraham occupied the country beyond the Jordan, afterwards possessed by the Moabites, Ge 14:5; De 2:10.
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Fausets
A giant war-like race, which occupied the region E. of the Dead Sea, in which the Moabites succeeded them (Ge 14:5; De 2:10). Perhaps related to "Amu" the Egyptian word in the hieroglyphics for nomadic Shemites. The Hebrew means "terrible ones." The Rephaim were on the N.E. of Jordan, the Zuzim next, then the Emim, then the Horim on the S.E.; all gigantic.
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Hastings
Primitive inhabitants of Moab, a gigantic people of Hebrew tradition (Rephaim, De 2:10 f., cf. Ge 14:5).
J. F. McCurdy.
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E'mim
A people, described as "great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims," who dwelt on the east of the Dead Sea. They were smitten by Chedorlaomer and his confederate kings and their land eventually passed to the Moabites, who called the people EMIM, that is, 'terrible.' Ge 14:5; De 2:10-11 .