Strong's Hebrew: 6430. פְּלִשְׁתִּי (Pelishti) -- Philistine

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Pelishti: Philistine

Original Word: פְּלִשְׁתִּי
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: Pelishti
Pronunciation: peh-lish-TEE
Phonetic Spelling: (pel-ish-tee')
Definition: Philistine
Meaning: a Pelishtite

Word Origin: Derived from the root word פְּלֶשֶׁת (Pelesheth), referring to the region of Philistia.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G5376: Φιλιστιείμ (Philistiim) - Referring to the Philistines in the Septuagint.

Usage: The term "Pelishti" refers to an individual belonging to the Philistine people, a group frequently mentioned in the Old Testament as adversaries of the Israelites. The Philistines were known for their conflicts with Israel, particularly during the time of the Judges and the early monarchy.

Cultural and Historical Background: The Philistines were a seafaring people believed to have originated from the Aegean region. They settled along the coastal plains of Canaan, in an area known as Philistia, which included the five major cities of Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath. The Philistines are often depicted in the Bible as technologically advanced, particularly in metallurgy, and they played a significant role in the history of Israel, often as a formidable military threat.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from Pelesheth
Definition
inhab. of Philistia
NASB Translation
Philistine (33), Philistine's (2), Philistines (250), Philistines' (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מְּלִשְׁתִּי₂₈₈ adjective, of a people Philistine, (οί) Φυλιστιειμ; and (not in Hexateuch) (ό) ἀλλόφυλος, (οί) ἀλλόφυλοι; — only as substantive: ׳הַמּ the Philistine (Goliath) slain by David 1 Samuel 17:8 27t. 17, 1 Samuel 18:6; 1 Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 21:10; 1 Samuel 22:10; one slain byAbishai 2 Samuel 21:17; elsewhere plural the Philistines,:255 usually מְּלִשְׁתִּים without article, rarely ׳הַמּ 1 Samuel 4:7; 1 Samuel 7:13 + (especially with preposition ׳בַּמּ 1 Samuel 7:13 +, and then perhaps due to punctuators), Genesis 10:14 = 1 Chronicles 1:12; Genesis 26:14,15,18; Judges 3:31 33t. Judges; 1 Samuel 4:1 (twice in verse) + 118 t. 1Samuel; 2 Samuel 1:20 28t. 2Samuel +; ׳אֶרֶץ פ Genesis 21:32,34 12t.; ׳שְׂדֵה פ 1 Samuel 6:1; 1 Samuel 27:7,11; ׳מֶלֶךְ פ Genesis 26:1,8; ׳שָׂרֵי פ 1 Samuel 18:30 5t.; ׳סַרְנֵי פ Joshua 13:3; Judges 3:3 13t.; ׳יָם פ Exodus 23:31; ׳אֱלֹהֵי פ Judges 10:6. — compare כְּרֵתִי, II. כַּפְתּוֺר. On Philistines see also WMM^{As.u.Eur.387f.} Evans^{Cretan Pictographs, 100 ff.} Schw^{ZWT xxxiv. 103 f., 255}.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Philistine

Patrial from Plesheth; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth -- Philistine.

see HEBREW Plesheth

Forms and Transliterations

בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים֮ בַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים בפלשתים בפלשתים׃ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗י הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֛י הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֛ים הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֜י הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֣י הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֤י הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֥י הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֨י הַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽי׃ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי֙ הַפְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ הפלשתי הפלשתי׃ הפלשתים וְהַפְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ וּבַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וּבַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ וּמִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֞ים וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים ׀ וּפְלִשְׁתִּיִּ֥ים וּפְלִשְׁתִּים֙ ובפלשתים ובפלשתים׃ והפלשתים ומפלשתים ופלשתיים ופלשתים כַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים כפלשתים לַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים לַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים לַפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ לַפְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ לפלשתים לפלשתים׃ מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים מִפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ מפלשתים מפלשתים׃ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛ים פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים פְּלִשְׁתִּ֤ים פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים פְּלִשְׁתִּ֧ים פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ פְּלִשְׁתִּים֒ פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ פְּלִשְׁתּ֗ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֛ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֤ים פְלִשְׁתִּ֨ים ׀ פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ פְלִשְׁתִּים֩ פְלִשְׁתִּים֮ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פלשתים פלשתים׃ bap·pə·liš·tîm ḇap·pə·liš·tîm bappelishTim bappəlištîm ḇappəlištîm felishTim hap·pə·liš·tî hap·pə·liš·tîm happelishTi happelishTim happəlištî happəlištîm kap·pə·liš·tîm kappelishTim kappəlištîm lap·pə·liš·tîm lappelishTim lappəlištîm mip·pə·liš·tîm mippelishTim mippəlištîm pə·liš·tîm p̄ə·liš·tîm pə·liš·tm pelishTim pelishTm pəlištîm p̄əlištîm pəlištm ū·ḇap·pə·liš·tîm ū·mip·pə·liš·tîm ū·p̄ə·liš·tî·yîm ū·p̄ə·liš·tîm ūḇappəlištîm ufelishTim ufelishtiYim umippelishTim ūmippəlištîm ūp̄əlištîm ūp̄əlištîyîm uvappelishTim vappelishTim vehappelishTim wə·hap·pə·liš·tîm wəhappəlištîm

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Genesis 10:14
HEB: יָצְא֥וּ מִשָּׁ֛ם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וְאֶת־ כַּפְתֹּרִֽים׃
NAS: came the Philistines) and Caphtorim.
KJV: (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
INT: came in it Philistine Caphthorim

Genesis 21:32
HEB: אֶל־ אֶ֥רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
NAS: to the land of the Philistines.
KJV: into the land of the Philistines.
INT: to the land of the Philistines

Genesis 21:34
HEB: אַבְרָהָ֛ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים יָמִ֥ים רַבִּֽים׃
NAS: in the land of the Philistines for many
KJV: sojourned in the Philistines' land
INT: and Abraham the land of the Philistines days many

Genesis 26:1
HEB: אֲבִימֶּ֥לֶךְ מֶֽלֶךְ־ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים גְּרָֽרָה׃
NAS: to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
KJV: king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
INT: Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar

Genesis 26:8
HEB: אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים בְּעַ֖ד הַֽחַלּ֑וֹן
NAS: king of the Philistines looked
KJV: king of the Philistines looked out
INT: Abimelech king of the Philistines through A window

Genesis 26:14
HEB: וַיְקַנְא֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
NAS: household, so that the Philistines envied
KJV: of servants: and the Philistines envied
INT: great envied the Philistines

Genesis 26:15
HEB: אָבִ֑יו סִתְּמ֣וּם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַיְמַלְא֖וּם עָפָֽר׃
NAS: his father, the Philistines stopped
KJV: his father, the Philistines had stopped
INT: his father stopped the Philistines filling earth

Genesis 26:18
HEB: אָבִ֔יו וַיְסַתְּמ֣וּם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים אַחֲרֵ֖י מ֣וֹת
NAS: Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped
KJV: his father; for the Philistines had stopped
INT: of his father had stopped the Philistines after the death

Exodus 13:17
HEB: דֶּ֚רֶךְ אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים כִּ֥י קָר֖וֹב
NAS: of the land of the Philistines, even
KJV: of the land of the Philistines, although
INT: the way of the land of the Philistines even near

Exodus 23:31
HEB: וְעַד־ יָ֣ם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וּמִמִּדְבָּ֖ר עַד־
NAS: Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness
KJV: even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert
INT: against to the sea of the Philistines the wilderness against

Joshua 13:2
HEB: כָּל־ גְּלִיל֥וֹת הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וְכָל־ הַגְּשׁוּרִֽי׃
NAS: the regions [of] the Philistines and all
KJV: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
INT: all the regions the Philistines and all the Geshurites

Joshua 13:3
HEB: חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת ׀ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים הָעַזָּתִ֤י וְהָאַשְׁדּוֹדִי֙
NAS: lords of the Philistines: the Gazite,
KJV: lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites,
INT: five lords of the Philistines the Gazite the Ashdodite

Judges 3:3
HEB: חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת ׀ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וְכָל־ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙
NAS: lords of the Philistines and all
KJV: lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites,
INT: the five lords of the Philistines and all the Canaanites

Judges 3:31
HEB: וַיַּ֤ךְ אֶת־ פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ שֵֽׁשׁ־ מֵא֣וֹת
NAS: hundred Philistines with an oxgoad;
KJV: which slew of the Philistines six
INT: of Anath struck Philistines six hundred

Judges 10:6
HEB: וְאֵ֖ת אֱלֹהֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיַּעַזְב֥וּ אֶת־
NAS: and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook
KJV: and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook
INT: of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines forsook the LORD

Judges 10:7
HEB: וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵם֙ בְּיַד־ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וּבְיַ֖ד בְּנֵ֥י
NAS: them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands
KJV: them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands
INT: sold the hands of the Philistines the hands of the sons

Judges 10:11
HEB: עַמּ֖וֹן וּמִן־ פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
NAS: of Ammon, and the Philistines?
KJV: of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
INT: of Ammon at Philistine

Judges 13:1
HEB: יְהוָ֛ה בְּיַד־ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃
NAS: them into the hands of the Philistines forty
KJV: them into the hand of the Philistines forty
INT: the LORD the hands of the Philistines forty years

Judges 13:5
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִיַּ֥ד פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
NAS: from the hands of the Philistines.
KJV: out of the hand of the Philistines.
INT: Israel the hands of the Philistines

Judges 14:1
HEB: בְּתִמְנָ֖תָה מִבְּנ֥וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
NAS: [one] of the daughters of the Philistines.
KJV: of the daughters of the Philistines.
INT: Timnah the daughters of the Philistines

Judges 14:2
HEB: בְתִמְנָ֖תָה מִבְּנ֣וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וְעַתָּ֕ה קְחוּ־
NAS: [one] of the daughters of the Philistines; now
KJV: of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get
INT: Timnah the daughters of the Philistines now get

Judges 14:3
HEB: לָקַ֣חַת אִשָּׁ֔ה מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים הָעֲרֵלִ֑ים וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
NAS: from the uncircumcised Philistines? But Samson
KJV: of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson
INT: to take A wife Philistine the uncircumcised said

Judges 14:4
HEB: הֽוּא־ מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וּבָעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא
NAS: against the Philistines. Now at that time
KJV: an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time
INT: He was seeking the Philistines time he

Judges 14:4
HEB: וּבָעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים מֹשְׁלִ֥ים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
NAS: Now at that time the Philistines were ruling
KJV: for at that time the Philistines had dominion
INT: time he the Philistines were ruling Israel

Judges 15:3
HEB: נִקֵּ֥יתִי הַפַּ֖עַם מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים כִּֽי־ עֹשֶׂ֥ה
NAS: in regard to the Philistines when
KJV: shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do
INT: shall be blameless This to the Philistines when do