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# giant

noun (a giant, giants); adjective

«giant» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In stories, a giant is an imaginary person who is enormously big and strong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giant/#m1)
2. Giant (adjective) means very, very large. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giant/#m2)
3. A giant is a person, company or thing that is very important or successful, like a giant of science. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giant/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories and fairy tales (Jack and the Beanstalk, The BFG), giants are usually huge and scary or sometimes kind; they tell the reader about size, danger and courage. In science, there are giant animals and plants: blue whales, giant pandas, giant tortoises, giant squid, giant sequoias; Jupiter is a gas giant. «Giant's Causeway» in Northern Ireland is made of rock columns. Phrases: «a giant step», «giant panda», «gentle giant», «gas giant», «on the shoulders of giants».

### Examples

- The giant lived in a castle above the clouds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giant/#x1)
- A blue whale is a giant of the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giant/#x2)
- We saw a giant tortoise at the zoo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giant/#x3)
- That's a giant sandwich! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giant/#x4)
- Jupiter is a gas giant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giant/#x5)
- The friendly dog is a gentle giant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giant/#x6)
- Learning to read was a giant step for my sister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giant/#x7)
- The Giant's Causeway is in Northern Ireland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giant/#x8)
- 'Greater than who?' asked the giant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giant/#x9)

### Note

Plural giants. Pronounced «JY-ant». Giants in stories are not real; very tall real people are just tall. «Gigantic» is the adjective meaning extremely large.

## In Jewish tradition

A very tall and strong person. The Philistine giants of Gath were killed by David and his men. Job uses it for a strong attacker.

**Interpretation.** The tradition connects such giants to the Rephaim and to Goliath's family. The story of David stresses that faith in God can beat the strongest enemy.

### Examples

- He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant. (Writings JOB.16.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#x1)
- These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants. (Writings 1CH.20.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#x2)
- These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. (Prophets 2SA.21.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/#x3)

### Note

Plural giants. Pronounced «JY-ant». Giants in stories are not real; very tall real people are just tall. «Gigantic» is the adjective meaning extremely large.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «giant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/giant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«giant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/giant.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «giant» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/giant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«giant» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/giant.html) on Mova free.