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<p> (Hebrews Eynim', אֵימַים '', Terrors;'' Sept. Ο᾿μμαῖοι and Ο᾿μμείν; Auth. Vers. "Emims"), a numerous and warlike tribe of the ancient Canaanites, of gigantic stature, defeated by Chedorlaomer and his allies in the plain of Kiriathaim; they occupied, in the time of Abraham, the country east of the Jordan, afterwards possessed by the Moabites (&nbsp;Genesis 14:5; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 2:10-11). (See [[Canaan]]). An ingenious writer in the ''Jour. Of Sac. Lit.'' (April, 1852, page 55 sq.; January 1853, page 296) argues, but upon rather slender grounds, that their original title was ''Shittim,'' and identifies them with the ''Chetta'' so often referred to in the Egyptian inscriptions. It would appear, from a comparison of &nbsp;Genesis 14:5-7 with &nbsp;Deuteronomy 2:10-12; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 2:20-23, that the whole country east of [[Jordan]] was, in primitive times, held by a race of giants, all probably of the same stock, comprehending the Rephaim on the north, next the Zuzim, after them the Emim, and then the Horim on the south; and that afterwards the kingdom of [[Bashan]] embraced the territories of the first; the country of the Ammonites, the second; that of the Moabites, the third; while [[Edom]] took in the mountains of the Horim. The whole of them. were attacked and pillaged by the Eastern kings who destroyed [[Sodom]] and Gomorrah. (See Rephaim). The [[Emim]] were related to the Anakim, and were generally called by the same name; but their conquerors, the Moabites, termed them Emimthat is, "Terrible men" (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 2:11) — most probably on account of their fierce aspect. (See [[Anakim]]). </p>

<p> '''''ē´mim''''' ( אימים , <i> ''''''ēmı̄m''''' </i> ; Ὀμμαείν , <i> '''''Ommaeı́n''''' </i> , Ὀμμείν , <i> '''''Ommeı́n''''' </i> , or Ὀμμιείν , <i> '''''Ommieı́n''''' </i> ): [[Stated]] to have been the earlier inhabitants of [[Moab]] (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 2:10 , &nbsp;Deuteronomy 2:11 ), and to have been of tall stature, and hence, "accounted Rephaim (or giants) as the Anakim" or the [[Zamzummim]] of [[Ammon]] (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 2:20 ). As the name was given to them by the Moabites, it may not have been that by which they called themselves. A tall race, known to the [[Israelites]] as Rephaim (which see), once existed in Southern [[Palestine]] as well as on the East side of the Jordan, but its exact relationship is unknown. In the time of Abraham the Emim were living in the [[Moabite]] district of Shaveh-kiriathaim, identified with the modern <i> '''''Kureiyat''''' </i> (&nbsp;Genesis 14:5 ). </p>