Bible Dictionary
Emims
The Emims were a warlike people of great stature who lived east of the Dead Sea. They were counted among the Rephaim and were later conquered by the Moabites.
Definition
The Emims were a warlike people of great stature who originally inhabited the region east of the Dead Sea. They were related to the Anakim and were counted among the Rephaim. The name means “terrors” or “terrible men.”
Biblical Usage
The Emims appear in the account of Chedorlaomer’s campaign and in the description of peoples who occupied the land later associated with Moab.
Historical Background
The Moabites conquered them and called them Emims. The Ammonites used the name Zamzummims for them.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Terrors, a warlike tribe of giants who were defeated by Chedorlaomer and his allies in the plain of Kiriathaim. In the time of Abraham they occupied the country east of Jordan, afterwards the land of the Moabites (Gen. 14:5; Deut. 2:10). They were, like the Anakim, reckoned among the Rephaim, and were conquered by the Moabites, who gave them the name of Emims, i.e., “terrible men” (Deut. 2:11). The Ammonites called them Zamzummims (2:20).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(terrors), a tribe or family of gigantic stature which originally inhabited the region along the eastern side of the Dead Sea. They were related to the Anakim.