the father of the Anakim, was the son of Arba, who gave his name to Kirjath-arba, or Hebron. (Josh. xiv. 15.) Anak had three sons, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai (chap. xv. 14, and Numb. xiii. 22), all of gigantic size; their posterity were remarkable, not only for their extraordinary stature, but for their fierceness, and were called Anakim; in comparison with whom, the Hebrews who were sent to view the land of Canaan reported that they were but as grasshoppers. (Numb. xiii. u.l.) Caleb, assisted by the tribe of Judah, took Kirjath-arba, and destroyed the Anakim, A.M. 2559. (Judges i. 20, and Joshua xv. 14.)