פְּלִשְׁתִּי

pe.lish.tiPhilistine
hebrewOld TestamentName of a people group288 occurrences18 books244 verses
This word comes from the names of Philistine, Great Sea and Philistia.

Definition

patrial from H6429; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
Traditional renderings: Philistine.

Glossary entries

Philistia, Philistines Mediterranean Sea Palestina Great Sea

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

288 total
  1. 1 Samuel 4:3פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · the Philistines
    When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
  2. 1 Samuel 4:6פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ · the Philistines
    On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,
  3. 1 Samuel 4:7הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · the Philistines
    …the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
  4. 1 Samuel 4:9פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · O Philistines
    Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”
  5. 1 Samuel 4:10פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים · So the Philistines
    So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
  6. 1 Samuel 4:17פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · the Philistines
    The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
  7. 1 Samuel 5:1וּפְלִשְׁתִּים֙ · After the Philistines
    After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
  8. 1 Samuel 5:2פְלִשְׁתִּים֙
    …carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.
  9. 1 Samuel 5:8פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים · of the Philistines
    So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.
  10. 1 Samuel 5:11פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים · of the Philistines
    Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
  11. 1 Samuel 6:1פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים · of the Philistines
    When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,
  12. 1 Samuel 6:2פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים · the Philistines
    …the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place.”
  13. 1 Samuel 6:4פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · of the Philistines
    “What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.
  14. 1 Samuel 6:12פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ · of the Philistines
    And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
  15. 1 Samuel 6:16פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים · of the Philistines
    And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.
  16. 1 Samuel 6:17פְלִשְׁתִּ֛ים · the Philistines
    As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
  17. 1 Samuel 6:18פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ · of Philistine
    The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
  18. 1 Samuel 6:21פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ · The Philistines
    So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
  19. 1 Samuel 7:3פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ · of the Philistines
    Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
  20. 1 Samuel 7:7 (3×)פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים · When the Philistines; פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים · their; פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ · the Philistines
    When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines
  21. 1 Samuel 7:8פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ · of the Philistines
    …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.”
  22. 1 Samuel 7:10 (2×)וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים · As the Philistines; פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ · the Philistines
    As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
  23. 1 Samuel 7:11פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · the Philistines
    Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.
  24. 1 Samuel 7:13 (2×)הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · So the Philistines; בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · against the Philistines
    So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
  25. 1 Samuel 7:14 (2×)פְלִשְׁתִּים֩ · the Philistines; פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · of the Philistines
    The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
  26. 1 Samuel 9:16פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · of the Philistines
    “At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
  27. 1 Samuel 10:5פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · the Philistines
    After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
  28. 1 Samuel 12:9פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים · of the Philistines
    But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.
  29. 1 Samuel 13:3 (2×)פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ · the Philistine; פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · and the Philistines
    Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
  30. 1 Samuel 13:4 (2×)פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · of the Philistines; בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · to the Philistines
    And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
  31. 1 Samuel 13:5וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֞ים · Now the Philistines
    Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
  32. 1 Samuel 13:11וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים · and the Philistines
    “What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
  33. 1 Samuel 13:12פְלִשְׁתִּ֤ים · the Philistines
    I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
  34. 1 Samuel 13:16וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים · while the Philistines
    Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
  35. 1 Samuel 13:17פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים · of the Philistine
    And raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,
  36. 1 Samuel 13:19פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · the Philistines
    And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
  37. 1 Samuel 13:20הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · to the Philistines
    Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
  38. 1 Samuel 13:23פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · of the Philistines
    And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
  39. 1 Samuel 14:1פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · the Philistine
    One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.
  40. 1 Samuel 14:4פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · the Philistine
    Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
  41. 1 Samuel 14:11 (2×)פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · of the Philistines; פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · [who]
    So the two of them showed themselves to the outpost of the Philistines, who exclaimed, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they were hiding!”
  42. 1 Samuel 14:19פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · in the Philistine
    While Saul was talking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”