Giant
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Giant
Definition: A person of extraordinary bulk and stature. The first mention of giants in the Bible is Genesis 6:4 which describes the pre-Flood period when it says: "There were giants in the earth in those days". Goliath of Gath, who died when fighting David, had the height of "six cubits and a span" or approximately 10 feet. II Samuel 21 mentions four giants and reports all of them being killed. The first two were named Isbibenob (v.16) and Saph (v.18). In v.19, the brother of Goliath, "the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam", is reported killed. In v.20, there was reported a giant with six fingers on every hand and on every foot six toes. Even today, people with a total of twenty-four fingers and toes have been identified.
Like dinosaurs, giants are now extinct. As is commonly the pattern, large creatures become extinct more rapidly than smaller creatures like insects.
