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thumb|''Musa va 'Uj, a 15th-century manuscript painting from Iran or Iraq, depicting the Rephaite [[Og.]] In the Hebrew Bible, as well as non-Jewish ancient texts from the region, the Northwest Semitic term Rephaite, or 'Repha'im''' (; ; ), refers to a people of greater-than-average height and stature in Deuteronomy 2:10-11.

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  • Etymology
  • Canaanite people group
  • Long dead ancestors
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thumb|''Musa va 'Uj, a 15th-century manuscript painting from Iran or Iraq, depicting the Rephaite [[Og.]] In the Hebrew Bible, as well as non-Jewish ancient texts from the region, the Northwest Semitic term Rephaite, or 'Repha'im' (; ; ), refers to a people of greater-than-average height and stature in Deuteronomy 2:10-11.

== Etymology == The term Rephaim first appears in Ugarit.

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