HebrewH6430Noun

פְּלִשְׁתִּי

pe.lish.ti

237Occurrences
H6430Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth

patrial from H6429 (פְּלֶשֶׁת);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--LG

Full Description

N:N--LG

Occurrences

פְּלִשְׁתִּי appears 237 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
123
Judges
31
2 Samuel
23
1 Chronicles
22
Genesis
8
2 Chronicles
6
Ezk
4
2 Kings
3

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:12BSB

the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.

1 Samuel 14:47BSB

After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.

1 Samuel 23:5BSB

Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.

1 Samuel 7:8BSB

and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”

Genesis 10:14BSB

the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.

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