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Zamzummims
A race of giants; “a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims” (Deut. 2:20, 21). They were overcome by the Ammonites, “who called them Zamzummims.” They belonged to the Rephaim, and inhabited the country afterwards occupied by the Ammonites. It has been conjectured that they might be Ham-zuzims, i.e., Zuzims dwelling in Ham, a place apparently to the south of Ashteroth (Gen. 14:5), the ancient Rabbath-ammon.
In the Bible
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Verses where Zamzummims is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Deuteronomy 2:20
(That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.
Scripture on Zamzummims
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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