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 · H6429
pe.le.shet — Philistia
Philistia = "land of sojourners" the general territory on the west coast of Canaan or the entire country of Palestine Also named: pe.lish.ti (פְּלִשְׁתִּי "Philistine" H6430G)
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →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 · H1667
gat-rim.mon — Gath-rimmon
§ Gath-rimmon = "winepress of the pomegranate" a city given out of the tribe of Dan to the Levites, situated on the plain of Philistia, apparently not far from Joppa
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1308
be.s.vor — Besor
§ Besor = "cheerful" a stream, torrent-bed, or wadi in extreme south of Judah in Philistia; empties into the Mediterranean Sea
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5334
ne.tsiv — Nezib
§ Nezib = "garrison" or "pillar" a city in the lowlands of Judah on the border of Philistia
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →=Palestine (q.v.), “the land of the Philistines” (Ps. 60:8; 87:4; 108:9). The word is supposed to mean “the land of wanderers” or “of strangers.”
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
