Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H6430
פְּלִשְׁתִּי
pe.lish.ti · “Philistine”
Used 290 times across 18 books
Definition
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)
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)
Where it appears
Genesis8
Exodus2
Joshua2
Judges34
1 Samuel152
2 Samuel31
1 Kings3
2 Kings3
1 Chronicles30
2 Chronicles7
Psalms1
Isaiah3
Jeremiah4
Ezekiel4
Amos3
Obadiah1
Zephaniah1
Zechariah1
In the text
Genesis 10:14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.Genesis 21:32Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.Genesis 21:34And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.Genesis 26:1And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.Genesis 26:8And it came to pass, 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 sporting with Rebekah his wife.Genesis 26:14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.Genesis 26:15For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.Genesis 26:18And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.Exodus 13:17And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:Exodus 23:31And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
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