פְּלִשְׁתִּי

pe.lish.tiPhilistineHow to read Hebrew
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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders פְּלִשְׁתִּי:

Glossary entries

Philistia, Philistines Mediterranean Sea Palestina Great Sea

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

288 total
  1. 1 Samuel 18:6הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י · the Philistine
    As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
  2. 1 Samuel 18:17פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ס · of the Philistines
    Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
  3. 1 Samuel 18:21פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · of the Philistines
    “I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
  4. 1 Samuel 18:25פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · Philistine; פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ · of the Philistines
    Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
  5. 1 Samuel 18:27בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים֮ · Philistines
    David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
  6. 1 Samuel 18:30פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · the Philistine
    Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.
  7. 1 Samuel 19:5הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗י · the Philistine
    He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
  8. 1 Samuel 19:8בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים · the Philistines
    When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.
  9. 1 Samuel 21:9הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֜י · the Philistine
    The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one here.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
  10. 1 Samuel 22:10הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י · the Philistine
    Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
  11. 1 Samuel 23:1פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ · the Philistines
    Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
  12. 1 Samuel 23:2בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים · Philistines; בַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · the Philistines
    So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”
  13. 1 Samuel 23:3פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ס · the Philistines
    But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
  14. 1 Samuel 23:4פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים · the Philistines
    Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
  15. 1 Samuel 23:5בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים · against the Philistines
    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.
  16. 1 Samuel 23:27פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים · the Philistines
    Then a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”
  17. 1 Samuel 23:28פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · the Philistines
    So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
  18. 1 Samuel 24:1פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · the Philistines
    After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
  19. 1 Samuel 27:1פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים · of the Philistines
    David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
  20. 1 Samuel 27:7פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · in Philistine
    And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
  21. 1 Samuel 27:11פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ · in Philistine
    David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
  22. 1 Samuel 28:1פְלִשְׁתִּ֤ים · the Philistines
    Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”
  23. 1 Samuel 28:4פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · The Philistines
    The Philistines gathered together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
  24. 1 Samuel 28:5פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · the Philistine
    When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.
  25. 1 Samuel 28:15וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים׀ · The Philistines
    Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
  26. 1 Samuel 28:19פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · of the Philistines; פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ · of the Philistines
    Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
  27. 1 Samuel 29:1פְלִשְׁתִּ֛ים · Now the Philistines
    Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
  28. 1 Samuel 29:2פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ · As the Philistine
    As the Philistine leaders marched out with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched behind them with Achish.
  29. 1 Samuel 29:3פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · of the Philistines; פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים
    Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”
  30. 1 Samuel 29:4פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים · of the Philistines; פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים
    But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
  31. 1 Samuel 29:7פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ס · of the Philistines
    Therefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”
  32. 1 Samuel 29:9פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ · of the Philistines
    Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
  33. 1 Samuel 29:11פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים · of the Philistines; וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים · And the Philistines
    So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
  34. 1 Samuel 30:16פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים · of the Philistines
    So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.
  35. 1 Samuel 31:1וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים · Now the Philistines; פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · them
    Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
  36. 1 Samuel 31:2פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · The Philistines; פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים
    The Philistines hotly pursued Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
  37. 1 Samuel 31:7פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · So the Philistines
    When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities.
  38. 1 Samuel 31:8פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · when the Philistines
    The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
  39. 1 Samuel 31:9פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים · of the Philistines
    They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.
  40. 1 Samuel 31:11פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים · the Philistines
    When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
  41. 2 Samuel 1:20פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים · of the Philistines
    Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
  42. 2 Samuel 3:14פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ · Philistine
    Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”