See also Rephaites, Zuzites, Emites, Horites and The Nephilim.
Deuteronomy 2:11 counts the Anakim among the giants (the Hebrew is Rephaim; see Rephaites), a group often described in ancient texts as giants or mighty warriors.
In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim
Rephaite
Emites and Anakites were considered Rephaites (Deuteronomy 2:10-11)
The word "Rephaite," or "Repha'im," comes from the Hebrew Bible and other ancient texts of the region.
"Rephaites" is used for the tribe (e.g., Genesis 14:5; 15:18–21; Deuteronomy 2:11–20).
So in the Hebrew Bible the Rephaites, or Repha'im, have two faces.
(The Emites used to live there—a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites. Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaites, but the Moabites called them Emites.
These books describe the Rephaites as a formidable race, usually in stories of battle and conquest.
Anak is another figure described as a Rephaite.
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites
A year later King Chedorlaomer and his allies attacked and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, and the Emites in Shaveh-Kiriathaim.