Topic(s): Bible Study, Old Testament

Todd Clippard

There is not one scripture to support the notion that these giants were fallen angels. Neither is there any passage indicating that fallen angels are "demoted" to take human form.

In addition, Matthew 22:22-30 teaches that angels do not marry, neither are they given in marriage.

The word translated “giants” in Genesis 6:4 is the Hebrew “nephalim.” It also appears in Number 13:33 – “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.”

The giants of Genesis 6 were exactly that - very large men.

Goliath was a giant, standing nearly ten feet tall (1 Sam 17:4-7), and he had four sons who were also giants (2 Sam 19:15-22).