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Anamim

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)· Public Domain

a Mizraite people or tribe. (Genesis 10:13; 1 Chronicles 1:11)

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Anamim

Anamim an'-a-mim (`anamim): Descendants of Mizraim (Ge 10:13; 1Ch 1:11). ⇒See a list of verses on ANAMIM in the Bible. See TABLE OF NATIONS. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Anamim

The Anamim (d-dji;., Ei-eMmftM, A^e- u.(Tu^^l.) are stated in the ethnographical list Gn 10" 1 Ch 1" to have been descendants, or a tribe, of Mizraim, i.e. Egypt. They have not yet been identified. The attempts to discover this people in one or other of the races represented on the E"TP. monuments have been based on some more or" less striking similarity in the name. Lbers identifies them with the Aamn or Naamu (Ana- maiina), i.e. cowherds, who are included among the tribes ruled by the Pharaohs loth or 14th cent. B.C. They occupy the second place in the procession (after the Kutu or Lutu), and are represented as reddish men of Sem. type, as is shown by the head of the man who represents them in the grave of Seti I. They immigrated into Egypt before the Hyksos from Asia. Their capita was on the Bucolic arm of the Nile, and, m addition to being cattle rearers, they were importers of Asiatic pro- ducts to Egypt (se<< Riehm, iflKif;. j^j ^^ ANAMMELECH AliANIAS 91

Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Anamim

Sprung from Mizraim (Egypt), son of Ham (Gen 10:13). An E. African people, early absorbed into Egypt or Ethiopia.

References

  1. Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
  2. Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
  3. Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
  4. Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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