פְּלִשְׁתִּי (pe.lish.ti) means “Philistine” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: pel-ish-tee' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
פְּלִשְׁתִּי · pe.lish.ti · Philistine
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)
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פְּלִשְׁתִּי · pe.lish.ti · Philistine
A Philistine living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.14; son of: Casluhim (H3695) § Philistine = "immigrants" an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan
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פְּלִשְׁתִּי · pe.lish.ti · (Sea of the) Philistines
Philistine = "immigrants" an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan Another name of ga.dol (גָּדוֹל "Great( Sea)" H1419J)
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patrial from H6429 (פְּלֶשֶׁת); a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
KJV glosses: Philistine.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the philistines | 82 |
| of the philistines | 77 |
| the philistine | 21 |
| philistine | 9 |
| when the philistines | 9 |
| now the philistines | 7 |
| philistines | 7 |
| and the philistines | 6 |
| so the philistines | 6 |
| against the philistines | 4 |
| of the philistine | 4 |
| the philistines are | 4 |
| them | 3 |
| they | 3 |
| to the philistines | 3 |
| and philistines | 2 |
| in philistine | 2 |
| of philistines | 2 |
| then the philistines | 2 |
| through the philistine | 2 |
| while the philistines | 2 |
| a philistine | 1 |
| a young philistine | 1 |
| after the philistines | 1 |
| and among the philistines | 1 |
| and philistia | 1 |
| and the philistine | 1 |
| as the philistine | 1 |
| as the philistines | 1 |
| from the philistine | 1 |
| he | 1 |
| here | 1 |
| him | 1 |
| in the philistine | 1 |
| like the philistines | 1 |
| now the philistine | 1 |
| o philistines | 1 |
| of philistine | 1 |
| still holding his | 1 |
| that the philistines | 1 |
| their | 1 |
| then the philistine | 1 |
| to join the philistines | 1 |
| when the philistine | 1 |
| which the philistines | 1 |
| who | 1 |
| will possess the land of the philistines | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of the philistines | 102 |
| the philistines | 43 |
| and the philistines | 29 |
| the philistine | 10 |
| with the philistines | 9 |
| against the philistines | 6 |
| and the philistine | 6 |
| of the philistine | 5 |
| to the philistines | 5 |
| for the philistines | 4 |
| now the philistines | 4 |
| all the philistines | 3 |
| and when the philistines | 3 |
| philistine | 3 |
| unto him the philistines | 3 |
| when the philistines | 3 |
| and from the philistines | 2 |
| but the philistines | 2 |
| that the philistines | 2 |
| then the philistines | 2 |
| to the philistine | 2 |
| upon the philistines | 2 |
| which the philistines | 2 |
| again with the philistines | 1 |
| against this philistine | 1 |
| all that the philistines | 1 |
| among the philistines | 1 |
| and against the philistines | 1 |
| and among the philistines | 1 |
| and it came to pass when the philistine | 1 |
| and of the philistines | 1 |
| and there the philistines | 1 |
| and when the philistine | 1 |
| because the philistines | 1 |
| behold the philistines | 1 |
| but when the philistines | 1 |
| him against the philistines | 1 |
| i the philistines | 1 |
| in the philistines | 1 |
| like the philistines | 1 |
| moreover the philistines | 1 |
| not i a philistine | 1 |
| o ye philistines | 1 |
| of that which the philistines | 1 |
| of this philistine | 1 |
| philistim | 1 |
| philistines | 1 |
| so the philistines | 1 |
| than the philistines | 1 |
| therewith and when the philistines | 1 |
| these philistines | 1 |
| thou not that the philistines | 1 |
| unto the philistines | 1 |
| upon the philistine | 1 |
| was against the philistines | 1 |
| were with the philistines | 1 |
| where the philistines | 1 |
| with this philistine | 1 |
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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.”
Read word by wordAfter the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
Read word by wordcarried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordWhen the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,
Read word by wordthe 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.”
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordAnd when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.
Read word by wordAs a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.”
Read word by wordThen 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.”
Read word by wordWhen 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
Read word by wordand 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.”
Read word by wordAs 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.
Read word by wordThen the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by word“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.”
Read word by wordAfter 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.
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordThen 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!”
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordNow 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.
Read word by word“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,
Read word by wordI 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.”
Read word by wordNow Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
Read word by wordAnd raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,
Read word by wordAnd 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.”
Read word by wordInstead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
Read word by wordAnd a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
Read word by wordOne 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.
Read word by wordNow 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.
Read word by wordSo 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!”
Read word by wordWhile Saul was talking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp continued to increase. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand.”
Read word by wordAnd the Hebrews who had previously gone up into the surrounding camps to join the Philistines now went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
Read word by wordWhen all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined the battle in close pursuit.
Read word by wordHow much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”
Read word by wordThat day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
Read word by wordAnd Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must consult God here.”
Read word by wordSo Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.
Read word by wordThen Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.
Read word by wordAfter Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
Read word by wordAnd the war with the Philistines was fierce for all the days of Saul. So whenever he noticed any strong or brave man, Saul would enlist him.
Read word by wordNow the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
Read word by wordSaul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
Read word by wordThe Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.
Read word by wordThen a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
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