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Titan (ti’t’n), n. 1. Gr. Mythology, any of a race of giant deities who were overthrown and succeeded by the Olympian

gods. 2. Helios, the sun god. 3. [t-], any person or thing of great size or power. Adj. [also t-], Titanic. – Ti’tan·ess, n.fem.

Encyclopædia Britannica: Titan, in Greek mythology, any of the children of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth) and their descendants. According to Hesiod’s Theogony, there were 12 original Titans: the brothers Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Cronus and the sisters Thea, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, and Tethys. At the instigation of Gaea the Titans rebelled against their father, who had shut them up in the underworld (Tartarus). Under the leadership of Cronus they deposed Uranus and set up Cronus as their ruler. But one of Cronus’ sons, Zeus, rebelled against his father, and a struggle then ensued between them in

Encylepedia.com: The Oxford Companion to the Body | 2001 | COLIN BLAKEMORE and SHELIA JENNETT Titans The twelve Titans, children of Uranus (Heaven) and Gê (Earth), were the group of gods immediately preceding the Olympian gods in Greek mythology. The Olympians defeated the Titans in a battle — the Titanomachy. The word ‘titanic’ refers to the great size and power of the Titans, attributes necessary to make their defeat by their children, the Olympians, more impressive. In appearance, they are thus much like the Giants, and in classical and later art it is often difficult to tell whether Titans or Giants are represented. In addition to the Titans, Uranus and Gê produced monstrous offspring: three beings each with a hundred hands, and three one-eyed giants (the Cyclopes).

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Deuteronomy 2:20-21 “[[It also is generally called a land of the Titans; Titans used to live there long ago, whom the Ammonites call Zamzummin- a strong and numerous race, as tall as giants, whom the Eternal killed off before the Ammonites, the latter.” James

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Deuteronomy 2:10-11 “[Long ago the the Emim used to live there, a strong and numerous race, as tall as giants; like the giants they are generally called Titans but the Moabites call them Emim.” James Mofatt

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Deuteronomy 3:11 “ [[Og king of Bashan was the only survivor left of the Titans; his sarcophagus of basalt, is it not lying still at Rabbah-Ammon, fourteen feet long and six feet broad?]]” James Moffatt

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