"nef´i-lim (נפילים,^{): This word, translated “giants” in the King James Version, but retained in the}

^{Revised Version (British and American), is found in two passages of the Old Testament - one in Gen_6:4,}

^{relating to the antediluvians; the other in Num_13:33, relating to the sons of Anak in Canaan. In the}

^{former place the Nephilim are not necessarily to be identified with the children said to be borne “the}

^{daughters of men” to “the sons of God” (Gen_6:2, Gen_6:4); indeed, they seem to be distinguished}

^{from the latter as upon the earth before this unholy commingling took place (see SONS OF GOD). But}

^{it is not easy to be certain as to the interpretation of this strange passage. In the second case they clearly}

^{represent men of gigantic stature, in comparison with whom the Israelites felt as if they were “grasshopers.”}

^{This agrees with Gen_6:4, “the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.” Septuagint, therefore,}

^{was warranted in translating by gı́gantes."}

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Perhaps a clue as to just who Zeus was patterned after--and other of

the Titans of Greek mythology!