BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6430
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)
238 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H329
a.tad — Atad
Atad, a threshing floor afterwards called Bethhogla was located on the west of Jordan between the Jordan and Jericho Also named: a.vel mits.ra.yim (אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם "Abel-mizraim" H0067)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3695
kas.lu.chim — Casluhim
People descended from Casluch(?) of the Egyptians, first mentioned at Gen.10.14; descended from Egypt (H4714); along with Ludim (H3866), Anamim (H6047), Lehabim (H3853), Naphtuhim (H5320), Pathrusim (H6625) and Caphtorim (H3732); progenitors of: the Philistine (H6430); § Casluhim = "fortified" a people or tribe descended from Mizraim (Egypt) progenitors of the Philistines and Caphtorim
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3853
le.ha.vim — Lehabim
People descended from Egypt (H4714), first mentioned at Gen.10.13; along with Ludim (H3866), Anamim (H6047), Naphtuhim (H5320), Pathrusim (H6625), Casluhim (H3695) and Caphtorim (H3732) § Lehabim = "flames" an Egyptian tribe descended from Mizraim
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H67
a.vel mits.ra.yim — Abel-mizraim
Abel Mizraim = "meadow of Egypt" a place east of the Jordan (perhaps "as fertile as Egypt") Another name of a.tad (אָטָד "Atad" H0329G)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →The dual form of matzor, meaning a “mound” or “fortress,” the name of a people descended from Ham (Gen. 10:6, 13; 1 Chr. 1:8, 11). It was the name generally given by the Hebrews to the land of Egypt (q.v.), and may denote the two Egypts, the Upper and the Lower. The modern Arabic name for Egypt is Muzr.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
