The
Nephilim (, sing.
נָפִיל,
Naphíl or
Naphil) were offspring of the "
sons of God" and the "daughters of men" before the
Deluge according to ; the name is also used in reference to
giants who inhabited
Canaan at the time of the Israelite conquest of Canaan according to . A similar
biblical Hebrew word with different
vowel-sounds is used in to refer to dead
Philistine warriors.