A race of giants east of the Jordan, defeated by Chedorlaomer, Genesis 14:5, and exterminated by the Ammonites, who possessed their territory until themselves subdued by Moses, Deuteronomy 2:20-21. See AMMONITES, and ZUZIM.

(Deuteronomy 2:20) only, the Ammonite name for the people who by others were called Rephaim. They are described as having originally been a powerful and numerous nation of giants. From a slight similarity between the two names, and from the mention of the Emim in connection with each, it is conjectured that the Zamzummim are identical with the Zuzim.