Philistia and Philistines

פְּלִשְׁתִּי288 adj.gent. Philistine, (οἱ) Φυλιστιειμ, and (not in Hex) (ὁ) ἀλλόφυλος, (οἱ) ἀλλόφυλοι;—only as subst.: הַפּ׳ the Philistine (Goliath) slain by David 1 S 17:8 + 27 times 17, 18:6; 19:5; 21:10; 22:10; one slain by Abishai 2 S 21:17; elsewhere pl. the Philistines255, usually פְּלִשְׁתִּים without art., rarely הַפּ׳ 1 S 4:7; 7:13 + (especially c. prep. בַּפּ׳ v 13 +, and then perhaps due to punctuators), Gn 10:14 = 1 Ch 1:12; Gn 26:14, 15, 18; Ju 3:31 + 33 times Ju, 1 S 4:1(×2) + 118 times 1 S, 2 S 1:20 + 28 times 2 S, +; אֶרֶץ פ׳ Gn 21:32, 34 + 12 times; שְׂדֵה פ׳ 1 S 6:1; 27:7, 11; מֶלֶךְ פ׳ Gn 26:1, 8; שָׂרֵי פ׳ 1 S 18:30 + 5 times; סַרְנֵי פ׳ Jos 13:3; Ju 3:3 + 13 times; יָם פ׳ Ex 23:31; אֱלֹהֵי פ׳ Ju 10:6.—Cf. כְּרֵתִי, II. כַּפְתּוֹר. On Philistines v. also WMMAs. u. Eur. 387 f. Evans Cretan Pictographs, 100 ff. Schwally ZWT xxxiv. 103 f., 255.

† II. גַּת n.pr.loc. (wine-press)—Philistine city 𝔊 Γεθ, 𝔙 Geth, JosAnt. vi. 12, 2 etc., Γιττα (ed. Niese), exact site unknown (v. GASmGeog. 194 ff.), named with Gaza and Ashdod Jos 11:22 as home of remaining ʿAnaḳim; named with Ashdod, Gaza, Ashḳelon and ʿEḳron 1 S 6:17; with Ashḳelon 1 S 1:20; with Ashḳelon, Yabne and Ashdod 2 Ch 26:6; מֵעֶקְרוֹן וְעַד־גַּת 1 S 7:14, cf. 17:52b and also v 52a (read גַּת for גַּיְא 𝔊 We Dr); called גַּת פְּלִשְׁתִּים Am 6:2; built up by Rehoboam, according to 2 Ch 11:8; taken by Hazael 2 K 12:18; also 1 S 5:8; 17:4, 23 (of Goliath), cf. 2 S 21:20, 22 = 1 Ch 20:6, 8; 1 S 21:11, 13; 27:2, 3, 4, 11 2 S 15:18 1 K 2:39(×2), 40, 41 ψ 56:1 Mi 1:10, 14 1 Ch 7:21; 8:13, also 18:1 (but ‖ מֶתֶג אַמָּה 2 S 8:1; on change of this into reading in Ch v. We); c. ה loc., גַּ֫תָּה 1 K 2:40.

† אַשְׁקְלוֹן n.pr.loc. a city of the Philistines (Assyrian Isqaluna COTGloss DlPa 290; Ph. adj. gent. cf. infr.) Ju 1:18; 14:19 1 S 6:17 2 S 1:20 Je 25:20; 47:5, 7 Am 1:8 Zp 2:4, 7 Zc 9:5(×2); on the Medit. Sea, S. of W. from Jerusalem, mod. ʿAsqalân, Surveyiii. 237 f. (with plan); cf. also ZPV ii. 164 f.

† גִּתִּי adj.gent. of ii. גַּת 1; of Obed-edom 2 S 6:10, 11 = 1 Ch 13:13; Ittai 2 S 15:19, 22; 18:2; Goliath 21:19 1 Ch 20:5; pl. c. art. as subst., הַגִּתִּים 1 S 15:18 the Gittites (but read אִתַּי הַגִּתִּי We Klo Kit Bu NowArch.i.308 n.); sg. c. art. as n.pr.coll. הַגִּתִּי Jos 13:3 (with men of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashḳelon, Eḳron, and the Awwim).

† פְּלֶ֫שֶׁת n.pr.terr. Philistia, poet. and late;—פְּלָ֑שֶׁת (ישְׁבֵי) Ex 15:14 (Φυλιστιειμ; elsewhere (οἱ) ἀλλόφυλοι), Jo 4:4, elsewhere פְּלֶשֶׁת Is 14:29, 31 ψ 60:10 = 108:10; 83:8; 87:4; Assyrian Palastu, Pilistu, COT Gn 10:14 DlPa 288 f. Gk. Παλαιστίνη Herod. ii. 104, 106, vii. 89 JosAnt. i, 6, 2 (also Φυλιστίνου); v. Rel Pal. 73 f.

† בֵּית פָּ֑לֶט n.pr.loc. (place of escape) in south of Judah Jos 15:27; Ne 11:26; cf. adj.gent. הַפַּלְטִי 2 S 23:26, & so read also 1 Ch 11:27; 27:10 (Be).

† פֶּ֫לֶת n.pr.m. 1. Reubenite Nu 16:1, Φαλεθ[κ]; read prob. פַּלּוּא (q.v.) so Gf Dr al. 2. Judahite 1 Ch 2:33, Θαλεθ, Φαλεθ[ατ].

† פֶּ֫לֶט n.pr.m. 1. 1 Ch 2:47, Φαλεκ[γ, τ]. 2. 1 Ch 12:3, Ιωφαλητ, Φαλετ, etc.—Vid. בֵּית פָּ֑לֶט" dir="rtl" >בֵּית פָּ֑לֶט.

† אֶשְׁקְלוֹנִי adj.gent. c. art. as subst. הָא׳ Jos 13:3 (Ph. אשקלני).