An·a·kim A·naks n. pl.  Bibl. A race of giants living in Palestine.
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 Anakim
    the descendants of Anak (Josh. 11:21; Num. 13:33; Deut. 9:2).
    They dwelt in the south of Palestine, in the neighbourhood of
    Hebron (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 15:13). In the days of Abraham (Gen.
    14:5, 6) they inhabited the region afterwards known as Edom and
    Moab, east of the Jordan. They were probably a remnant of the
    original inhabitants of Palestine before the Canaanites, a
    Cushite tribe from Babel, and of the same race as the
    Phoenicians and the Egyptian shepherd kings. Their formidable
    warlike appearance, as described by the spies sent to search the
    land, filled the Israelites with terror. They seem to have
    identified them with the Nephilim, the "giants" (Gen. 6:4; Num.
    13:33) of the antediluvian age. There were various tribes of
    Anakim (Josh. 15:14). Joshua finally expelled them from the
    land, except a remnant that found a refuge in the cities of
    Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod (Josh. 11:22). The Philistine giants whom
    David encountered (2 Sam. 21:15-22) were descendants of the
    Anakim. (See GIANTS.)