פְּלִשְׁתִּי

pe.lish.tiNounH6430

Philistine

From: patrial from H6429 (פְּלֶשֶׁת);

Short Definition

a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth

Full Lexicon Entry

Philistine = "immigrants" an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan Another spelling of pe.le.shet (*פְּלֶ֫שֶׁת *"Philistia" H6429)

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun

Morphology N:N--LG

DescriptionN:N--LG

Occurrences

237 times

Appears 237 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

1 Samuel
123
Judges
31
2 Samuel
23
1 Chronicles
22
Genesis
8

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 1:12
  • 1 Samuel 14:47
  • 1 Samuel 23:5
  • 1 Samuel 7:8
  • Genesis 10:14

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.