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Rephaite (Jewish)

The Rephaites were a race of demi-giants found in the Old Testament, thus are considered a part of Biblical lore among most of the main branches of Christianity, Judaism and Islam; they were among the "smallest" of the giants depicted in the tales, who were believed to have regularly warred with the early Hebrew people, with other giant-like races including the Anakim and Nephilim.

In the book of Joshua, and also Deut. 3:11, which implies that Og, the King of Bashan, was one of the last survivors of the Rephaim, and that his bed was 9 cubits long in ordinary cubits. (An ordinary cubit is the length of a man's forearm according to the New American Standard Bible, or approx. 18 inches, which differs from a royal cubit. This makes the bed over 13 feet long.