Philistia
פְּלֶ֫שֶׁתStrong’s H6429peleshet (pe-le-shet)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Peleshet is the Hebrew word usually translated “philistia” and “o philistia”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.”
Meaning
- Philistia = "land of sojourners"
How it's translated
- philistia 5
- o philistia 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 4
- Isaiah 2
- Exodus 1
- Joel 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 60:8Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
- Psalms 83:7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
- Psalms 87:4I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
- Psalms 108:9Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
- Isaiah 14:29Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
- Isaiah 14:31Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
Hebrew dictionary
פְּלֶ֫שֶׁת peleshet · 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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.