How many times is giant mentioned in the Bible?
The word giant appears 8 times in the King James Version, in 8 verses. Counting every form (giant, giants), it appears 21 times in 19 verses across 7 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses giant 8 times.
The KJV prints giants for the Hebrew Rephaim and Nephilim and for the sons of Anak. The World English Bible keeps Nephilim and Rephaim as names.
Giant in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of giant counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| giant | 8 | 8 |
| giants | 13 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 8 |
Which books mention giant most
Giant appears in 7 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Deuteronomy and Joshua share the most, 5 each.
First and last mention of giant
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
The verse that uses it most is Numbers 13:33, 2 times (tied with Deuteronomy 2:20):
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Where the two translations differ
11 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 0 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Genesis 6:4: counted in the KJV only
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God’s sons came in to men’s daughters and had children with them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
Numbers 13:33: counted in the KJV only
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim. We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”
Common questions
How many times is giant in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 21 of the 21 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Giant appears in 7 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Deuteronomy and Joshua share the most, 5 each.
Where is giant first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 6:4: "There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." The last is Job 16:14.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-05.