פְּלִשְׁתִּי
Philistine
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H6430
Strong's Hebrew
Pᵉlishtîy
Transliteration
/pel-ish-tee'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
290
appearances
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BDB Definition
Philistine = "immigrants"
- an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Gentilic
- A noun naming a member of a people, tribe, or region of origin (e.g. an Israelite, a Moabite).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 257 times (89%)
- Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 33 times (11%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 290 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Genesis 8 verses
- Genesis 10:14 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.
- Genesis 21:32 פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
- Genesis 21:34 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.
- Genesis 26:1 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.
- Genesis 26:8 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp It happened, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.
- Genesis 26:14 פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
- Genesis 26:15 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.
- Genesis 26:18 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
Exodus 2 verses
- Exodus 13:17 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp It happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God didn't lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt;"
- Exodus 23:31 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
Joshua 2 verses
- Joshua 13:2 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים ptcl def.art + n Gentilic mp This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;
- Joshua 13:3 פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים n Gentilic mp from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron northward, [which] is reckoned to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim,
Judges 31 verses
- Judges 3:3 פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים n Gentilic mp [namely], the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
- Judges 3:31 פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ n Gentilic mp After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox-goad: and he also saved Israel.
- Judges 10:6 פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Yahweh, and didn't serve him.
- Judges 10:7 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
- Judges 10:11 פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp Yahweh said to the children of Israel, Didn't I save you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
- Judges 13:1 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
- Judges 13:5 פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp for, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
- Judges 14:1 פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
- Judges 14:2 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp He came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me as wife.
- Judges 14:3 מִ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים prep + n Gentilic mp Then his father and his mother said to him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? Samson said to his father, Get her for me; for she pleases me well.
- Judges 14:4 מִ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים prep + n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp But his father and his mother didn't know that it was of Yahweh; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.
- Judges 15:3 מִ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים prep + n Gentilic mp Samson said to them, This time shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief.
- Judges 15:5 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp When he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the olive groves.
- Judges 15:6 פְלִשְׁתִּים֮ פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? They said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to his companion. The Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
- Judges 15:9 פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
- Judges 15:11 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, "Don't you know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?" He said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
- Judges 15:12 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp They said to him, We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines. Samson said to them, Swear to me that you will not fall on me yourselves.
- Judges 15:14 וּ/פִלְשִׁתִּ֖ים conj + n Gentilic mp When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.
- Judges 15:20 פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp He judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
- Judges 16:5 פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים n Gentilic mp The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will each give you of us eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.
- Judges 16:8 פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים n Gentilic mp Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green cords which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
- Judges 16:9 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים n Gentilic mp Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. She said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. He broke the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.
- Judges 16:12 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֤ים n Gentilic mp So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. The liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. He broke them off his arms like a thread.
- Judges 16:14 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים n Gentilic mp She fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines are on you, Samson. He awakened out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web.
- Judges 16:18 פְלִשְׁתִּ֤ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hand.
- Judges 16:20 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים n Gentilic mp She said, The Philistines are on you, Samson. He awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he didn't know that Yahweh had departed from him.
- Judges 16:21 פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp The Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.
- Judges 16:23 פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים n Gentilic mp The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
- Judges 16:27 פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were on the roof about three thousand men and women, who saw while Samson made sport.
- Judges 16:28 מִ/פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים prep + n Gentilic mp Samson called to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, remember me, Please, and strengthen me, Please, only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
- Judges 16:30 פְּלִשְׁתִּים֒ n Gentilic mp Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. He bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people who were therein. So the dead that he killed at his death were more than those who he killed in his life.
1 Samuel 125 verses
- 1 Samuel 4:1 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp conj + n Gentilic mp The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
- 1 Samuel 4:2 פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was struck before the Philistines; and they killed of the army in the field about four thousand men.
- 1 Samuel 4:3 פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp When the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has Yahweh struck us today before the Philistines? Let us get the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of Shiloh to us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.
- 1 Samuel 4:6 פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ n Gentilic mp When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What means the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? They understood that the ark of Yahweh was come into the camp.
- 1 Samuel 4:7 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים ptcl def.art + n Gentilic mp The Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. They said, Woe to us! for there has not been such a thing heretofore.
- 1 Samuel 4:9 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp Be strong, and behave yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
- 1 Samuel 4:10 פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים n Gentilic mp The Philistines fought, and Israel was struck, and they fled every man to his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
- 1 Samuel 4:17 פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp He who brought the news answered, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
- 1 Samuel 5:1 וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ conj + n Gentilic mp Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
- 1 Samuel 5:2 פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ n Gentilic mp The Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
- 1 Samuel 5:8 פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים n Gentilic mp They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? They answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about to Gath. They carried the ark of the God of Israel [there].
- 1 Samuel 5:11 פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים n Gentilic mp They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly confusion throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
- 1 Samuel 6:1 פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp The ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
- 1 Samuel 6:2 פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים n Gentilic mp The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, "What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Show us with which we shall send it to its place."
- 1 Samuel 6:4 פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp Then they said, "What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall return to him?" They said, "Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, [according to] the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
- 1 Samuel 6:12 פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ n Gentilic mp The cattle took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
- 1 Samuel 6:16 פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
- 1 Samuel 6:17 פְלִשְׁתִּ֛ים n Gentilic mp These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass-offering to Yahweh: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
- 1 Samuel 6:18 פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ n Gentilic mp and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of Yahweh, [which stone remains] to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.
- 1 Samuel 6:21 פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ n Gentilic mp They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of Yahweh; come you down, and bring it up to you.
- 1 Samuel 7:3 פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 7:7 פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים פְלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 7:8 פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp The children of Israel said to Samuel, "Don't cease to cry to Yahweh our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines."
- 1 Samuel 7:10 וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ conj + n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a great thunder on that day on the Philistines, and confused them; and they were struck down before Israel.
- 1 Samuel 7:11 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp The men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and struck them, until they came under Beth Kar.
- 1 Samuel 7:13 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים ptcl def.art + n Gentilic mp prep det + n Gentilic mp So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more within the border of Israel: and the hand of Yahweh was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
- 1 Samuel 7:14 פְלִשְׁתִּים֩ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and the border of it did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. There was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
- 1 Samuel 9:16 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked on my people, because their cry is come to me.
- 1 Samuel 10:5 פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall happen, when you are come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:
- 1 Samuel 12:9 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים n Gentilic mp But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.
- 1 Samuel 13:3 פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba: and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
- 1 Samuel 13:4 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp prep det + n Gentilic mp All Israel heard say that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 13:5 וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֞ים conj + n Gentilic mp The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.
- 1 Samuel 13:11 וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים conj + n Gentilic mp Samuel said, What have you done? Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn't come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash;
- 1 Samuel 13:12 פְלִשְׁתִּ֤ים n Gentilic mp therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven't entreated the favor of Yahweh: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.
- 1 Samuel 13:16 וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים conj + n Gentilic mp Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
- 1 Samuel 13:17 פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp The spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;
- 1 Samuel 13:19 פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
- 1 Samuel 13:20 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים ptcl def.art + n Gentilic mp but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle;
- 1 Samuel 13:23 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
- 1 Samuel 14:1 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on yonder side. But he didn't tell his father.
- 1 Samuel 14:4 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
- 1 Samuel 14:11 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp Both of them disclosed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
- 1 Samuel 14:19 פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp It happened, while Saul talked to the priest, that the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your hand.
- 1 Samuel 14:21 לַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ prep det + n Gentilic mp Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines as before, and who went up with them into the camp, [from the country] round about, even they also [turned] to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
- 1 Samuel 14:22 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp Likewise all the men of Israel who had hid themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
- 1 Samuel 14:30 בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים prep det + n Gentilic mp How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for now has there been no great slaughter among the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 14:31 בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים prep det + n Gentilic mp They struck of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very faint;
- 1 Samuel 14:36 פְלִשְׁתִּ֨ים n Gentilic mp Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. They said, Do whatever seems good to you. Then said the priest, Let us draw near here to God.
- 1 Samuel 14:37 פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? will you deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he didn't answer him that day.
- 1 Samuel 14:46 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp conj + n Gentilic mp Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
- 1 Samuel 14:47 וּ/בַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים conj + prep det + n Gentilic mp Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and wherever he turned himself, he put [them] to the worse.
- 1 Samuel 14:52 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp There was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him to him.
- 1 Samuel 17:1 פְלִשְׁתִּ֤ים n Gentilic mp Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
- 1 Samuel 17:2 פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 17:3 וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֞ים conj + n Gentilic mp The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
- 1 Samuel 17:4 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp There went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
- 1 Samuel 17:8 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why are you come out to set your battle in array? am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
- 1 Samuel 17:10 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms The Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
- 1 Samuel 17:11 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
- 1 Samuel 17:16 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
- 1 Samuel 17:19 פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 17:21 וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים conj + n Gentilic mp Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.
- 1 Samuel 17:23 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֨י פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms n Gentilic mp As he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them.
- 1 Samuel 17:26 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֣י הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֤י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
- 1 Samuel 17:32 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
- 1 Samuel 17:33 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֣י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
- 1 Samuel 17:36 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֨י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms Your servant struck both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.
- 1 Samuel 17:37 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms David said, Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. Saul said to David, Go, and Yahweh shall be with you.
- 1 Samuel 17:40 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּֽי ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms He took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
- 1 Samuel 17:41 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms The Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.
- 1 Samuel 17:42 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms When the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair face.
- 1 Samuel 17:43 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּי֙ הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms The Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? The Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- 1 Samuel 17:44 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms The Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.
- 1 Samuel 17:45 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- 1 Samuel 17:46 פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ n Gentilic mp This day will Yahweh deliver you into my hand; and I will strike you, and take your head from off you; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
- 1 Samuel 17:48 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּֽי ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms It happened, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
- 1 Samuel 17:49 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms David put his hand in his bag, and took there a stone, and slang it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.
- 1 Samuel 17:50 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּי֙ הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
- 1 Samuel 17:51 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜י הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛ים ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms ptcl def.art + n Gentilic mp Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath of it, and killed him, and cut off his head therewith. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
- 1 Samuel 17:52 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ ptcl def.art + n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp The men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until you come to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.
- 1 Samuel 17:53 פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
- 1 Samuel 17:54 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
- 1 Samuel 17:55 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I can't tell.
- 1 Samuel 17:57 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
- 1 Samuel 18:6 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms It happened as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
- 1 Samuel 18:17 פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give you as wife: only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh's battles. For Saul said, Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.
- 1 Samuel 18:21 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time.
- 1 Samuel 18:25 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp Saul said, Thus shall you tell David, The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 18:27 בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּים֮ prep det + n Gentilic mp and David arose and went, he and his men, and killed of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.
- 1 Samuel 18:30 פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it happened, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
- 1 Samuel 19:5 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel: you saw it, and did rejoice; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?
- 1 Samuel 19:8 בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים prep det + n Gentilic mp There was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.
- 1 Samuel 21:9 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms The priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it; for there is no other except that here. David said, There is none like that; give it me.
- 1 Samuel 22:10 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms He inquired of Yahweh for him, and gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
- 1 Samuel 23:1 פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ n Gentilic mp They told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.
- 1 Samuel 23:2 בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים בַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים prep det + n Gentilic mp prep det + n Gentilic mp Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? Yahweh said to David, Go, and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.
- 1 Samuel 23:3 פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
- 1 Samuel 23:4 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.
- 1 Samuel 23:5 בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים prep det + n Gentilic mp David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
- 1 Samuel 23:27 פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste you, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.
- 1 Samuel 23:28 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.
- 1 Samuel 24:1 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp It happened, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.
- 1 Samuel 27:1 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים n Gentilic mp David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
- 1 Samuel 27:7 פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
- 1 Samuel 27:11 פְלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so has been his manner all the while he has lived in the country of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 28:1 פְלִשְׁתִּ֤ים n Gentilic mp It happened in those days, that the Philistines gathered their hosts together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to David, Know you assuredly, that you shall go out with me in the host, you and your men.
- 1 Samuel 28:4 פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.
- 1 Samuel 28:5 פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp When Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
- 1 Samuel 28:15 וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים conj + n Gentilic mp Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disquieted me, to bring me up? Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.
- 1 Samuel 28:19 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp Moreover Yahweh will deliver Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow shall you and your sons be with me: Yahweh will deliver the host of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 29:1 פְלִשְׁתִּ֛ים n Gentilic mp Now the Philistines gathered together all their hosts to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in Jezreel.
- 1 Samuel 29:2 פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ n Gentilic mp The lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish.
- 1 Samuel 29:3 פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or [rather] these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away [to me] to this day?
- 1 Samuel 29:4 פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for with what should this [fellow] reconcile himself to his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?
- 1 Samuel 29:7 פְלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 29:9 פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ n Gentilic mp Achish answered David, I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
- 1 Samuel 29:11 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp conj + n Gentilic mp So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. The Philistines went up to Jezreel.
- 1 Samuel 30:16 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
- 1 Samuel 31:1 וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים conj + n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 1 Samuel 31:2 פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp The Philistines followed hard on Saul and on his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
- 1 Samuel 31:7 פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
- 1 Samuel 31:8 פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
- 1 Samuel 31:9 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים n Gentilic mp They cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the news to the house of their idols, and to the people.
- 1 Samuel 31:11 פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul,
2 Samuel 24 verses
- 2 Samuel 1:20 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp Don't tell it in Gath, Don't publish it in the streets of Ashkelon; Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
- 2 Samuel 3:14 פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I pledged to be married to me for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 3:18 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp now then do it; for Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
- 2 Samuel 5:17 פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.
- 2 Samuel 5:18 וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים conj + n Gentilic mp Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
- 2 Samuel 5:19 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp ptcl def.art + n Gentilic mp David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? will you deliver them into my hand? Yahweh said to David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into your hand.
- 2 Samuel 5:22 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
- 2 Samuel 5:24 פְלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall bestir yourself; for then is Yahweh gone out before you to strike the host of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 5:25 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp David did so, as Yahweh commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.
- 2 Samuel 8:1 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp After this it happened that David struck the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 8:12 וּ/מִ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים conj + prep + n Gentilic mp of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- 2 Samuel 19:9 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land from Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 21:12 ה/פלשתים פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛ים ptcl def.art + n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa;
- 2 Samuel 21:15 לַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים prep det + n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp The Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. David grew faint;
- 2 Samuel 21:17 הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י ptcl def.art + n Gentilic ms But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you don't quench the lamp of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 21:18 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp It came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
- 2 Samuel 21:19 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp There was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite's brother, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
- 2 Samuel 23:9 בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּים prep det + n Gentilic mp After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away.
- 2 Samuel 23:10 בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים prep det + n Gentilic mp He arose, and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand froze to the sword; and Yahweh worked a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take spoil.
- 2 Samuel 23:11 פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים פְלִשְׁתִּֽים n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp After him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. The Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 23:12 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh worked a great victory.
- 2 Samuel 23:13 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp Three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
- 2 Samuel 23:14 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
- 2 Samuel 23:16 פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים n Gentilic mp The three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh.
1 Kings 3 verses
- 1 Kings 4:21 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים n Gentilic mp Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
- 1 Kings 15:27 לַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים prep det + n Gentilic mp Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.
- 1 Kings 16:15 לַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים prep det + n Gentilic mp In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
2 Kings 3 verses
- 2 Kings 8:2 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp The woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God; and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
- 2 Kings 8:3 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים n Gentilic mp It happened at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.
- 2 Kings 18:8 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛ים n Gentilic mp He struck the Philistines to Gaza and the borders of it, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
1 Chronicles 23 verses
- 1 Chronicles 1:12 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים n Gentilic mp and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whence came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.
- 1 Chronicles 10:1 וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים conj + n Gentilic mp n Gentilic mp Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
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פלשתי (Pᵉlishtîy) is a Hebrew name most often rendered “Philistine.” 1 Samuel dominates its distribution — 125 of 244 verses. Spanning 244 verses in 18 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 10:14. The sections below give every occurrence and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
Philistine
Modern gloss
Philistine
Strong's 1890 agrees
Strong's 1890 and current BDB scholarship align on this entry's primary sense — a good signal that the gloss above is unambiguous and stable.
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About this word
Strong's H6430 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 244
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 244 distinct verses.
- 18 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 18 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #169
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 169 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 244 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 204 verses · 84%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 30 verses · 12%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 10 verses · 4%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Philistines 218×, Philistine 30×, Against the philistines 8×
- American Standard Version: Philistines 205×, Philistine 27×, Against the philistines 7×
- Berean Standard Bible: Philistines 205×, Philistine 44×, Now the philistines 7×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Philistines 232×, Philistine 33×, Against the philistines 6×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6430 across 288 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 17 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6430 across 287 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 26 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H6430 across 280 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6430 across 285 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in BDB
The 2 senses BDB distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- Philistine = "immigrants"
- an inhabitant of Philistia…
Word origin
Derived from פלשת (Pᵉlesheth) (H6429) — Philistia.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
פְּלִשְׁתִּי
- (b. h.) Philistine.—Pl. פְּלִשְׁתִּים. Sot. VIII, 1 פ׳ באו וכ׳ the Philistines came with boastful reliance on &c., v. נִצָּחוֹן. Midr. Till. to Ps. LX. Num. R. s. 14 ארץ פ׳ Philistia; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 72 distinct written forms H6430 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Amos 1:8 | 38 |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Ezekiel 16:57 | 23 |
| פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Chronicles 10:1 | 22 |
| פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Chronicles 10:2 | 17 |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Genesis 21:32 | 17 |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Ezekiel 25:15 | 16 |
| פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Chronicles 12:19 | 11 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Samuel 17:11 | 9 |
| וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Chronicles 10:1 | 9 |
| פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 4:2 | 9 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Samuel 17:10 | 8 |
| פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Chronicles 10:11 | 8 |
| פְלִשְׁתִּֽים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Chronicles 11:13 | 7 |
| פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Chronicles 10:9 | 5 |
| פְלִשְׁתִּ֤ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 13:12 | 4 |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 7:10 | 4 |
| בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 7:13 | 3 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 4:7 | 3 |
| וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 7:10 | 3 |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 12:9 | 3 |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Judges 16:9 | 3 |
| בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 19:8 | 2 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Samuel 5:19 | 2 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Samuel 17:8 | 2 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Samuel 17:42 | 2 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Samuel 17:51 | 2 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֣י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Samuel 17:26 | 2 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֨י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Samuel 17:23 | 2 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּֽי | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Samuel 17:40 | 2 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּי֙ | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Samuel 17:43 | 2 |
| וּ/מִ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Chronicles 18:11 | 2 |
| וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֞ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 13:5 | 2 |
| וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 5:1 | 2 |
| מִ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Judges 14:4 | 2 |
| פְלִשְׁתִּ֛ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 6:17 | 2 |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Kings 18:8 | 2 |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 4:1 | 2 |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֧ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Chronicles 12:19 | 2 |
| בַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 23:2 | 1 |
| בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 13:4 | 1 |
| בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 23:2 | 1 |
| בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Samuel 23:10 | 1 |
| בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 14:30 | 1 |
| בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Samuel 23:9 | 1 |
| בַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּים֮ | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 18:27 | 1 |
| ה/פלשתים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Samuel 21:12 | 1 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 13:20 | 1 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 17:51 | 1 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֤י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Samuel 17:26 | 1 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥י | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | 1 Samuel 17:32 | 1 |
| הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Chronicles 21:16 | 1 |
| וְ/הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Chronicles 11:13 | 1 |
| וּ/בַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 14:47 | 1 |
| וּ/בַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Chronicles 26:6 | 1 |
| וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Samuel 17:21 | 1 |
| וּ/פְלִשְׁתִּיִּ֥ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Amos 9:7 | 1 |
| וּ/פִלְשִׁתִּ֖ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Judges 15:14 | 1 |
| כַּ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | Isaiah 2:6 | 1 |
| לַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 1 Kings 15:27 | 1 |
| לַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute | 2 Samuel 21:15 | 1 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 12 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 220 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 244 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 10:14
- Exodus 13:17
- Joshua 13:2
- Judges 3:3
- 1 Samuel 4:1
- 2 Samuel 1:20
- 1 Kings 15:27
- 2 Kings 8:2
- 1 Chronicles 1:12
- 2 Chronicles 9:26
- Psalms 56:1
- Isaiah 2:6
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
