פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti

Hebrew word for “Philistine” · Strong’s H6430 · used 288 times in 244 verses

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Meaning

Philistine = "immigrants";

Senses in the lexicon

• Philistine (285)
• Philistine (2)
• (Sea of the) Philistines (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for pelishti in context, with how often each is used:

• philistines 244
• philistine 33
• among the philistines 4
• against the philistines 4
• belonged to the philistines 2
• like the philistines 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 17 (32), 1 Samuel 14 (13), Judges 16 (12), 1 Samuel 13 (10), Judges 15 (8), 1 Samuel 4 (8), 1 Samuel 6 (8), 1 Samuel 7 (7), 1 Samuel 23 (7), 1 Samuel 29 (7)

Forms

• פלשׁתים 202
• הפלשׁתי 33
• ופלשׁתים 18
• בפלשׁתים 12
• הפלשׁתים 8
• מפלשׁתים 4
• לפלשׁתים 4
• ובפלשׁתים 2
• ומפלשׁתים 2
• והפלשׁתים 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pelishti more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דָּוִד david “David” 65
• שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 46
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 39
• סֶרֶן seren “lord” 18
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 24
• לָחַם lacham “to fight” 20
• מַחֲנֶה machaneh “camp” 20
• שִׁמְשׁוֹן shimshon “Samson” 14
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 25
• יָרַד yarad “to go down” 19
• גַּת gat “Gath” 12
• עִם im “with” 24

Key verses

The verses using pelishti that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 23:31 — And 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…
• Judges 10:6 — And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the…
• 1 Samuel 4:3 — And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark…
• 1 Samuel 7:3 — And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from…
• 1 Samuel 17:26 — And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for…
• 1 Samuel 17:36 — Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
• 1 Samuel 17:45 — Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts,…
• 1 Samuel 17:46 — This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the…
• 1 Samuel 27:1 — And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of…
• 1 Kings 4:21 — And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon…
• Psalms 56:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.] Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow…
• Jeremiah 47:4 — Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.