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Strong's #6429 - פְּלֶשֶׁת

Transliteration

Pᵉlesheth

Phonetics

pel-eh'-sheth

Origin

from (H6428)

Parts of Speech

proper noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Philistia = "land of sojourners"
1. the general territory on the west coast of Canaan or the entire country of Palestine

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 246 ‑ ἀλλόφυλος (al‑lof'‑oo‑los);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (8)

Exodus 1

Psalms 4

Isaiah 2

Joel 1

BSB (8)

Exodus 1

Psalms 4

Isaiah 2

Joel 1

CSB (5)

Exodus 1

Psalms 4

Isaiah 2

Joel 1

ESV (8)

Exodus 1

Psalms 4

Isaiah 2

Joel 1

KJV (8)

Exodus 1

Psalms 4

Isaiah 2

Joel 1

LEB (8)

Exodus 1

Psalms 4

Isaiah 2

Joel 1

LSB (8)

Exodus 1

Psalms 4

Isaiah 2

Joel 1

N95 (4)

Exodus 1

Isaiah 2

Joel 1

NAS (8)

Exodus 1

Psalms 4

Isaiah 2

Joel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (8)

Exodus 1

Psalms 4

Isaiah 2

Joel 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מְּלֶ֫שֶׁת proper name, of a territory Philistia, in poetry and late; — (ישְׁבֵי) מְּלָ֑שֶׁת Exodus 15:14 (Φυλιστιειμ; elsewhere (οἱ) ἀλλόφυλοι), Joel 4:4, elsewhere מְּלֶשֶׁת Isaiah 14:29,31; Psalm 60:10 = Psalm 108:10; Psalm 83:8; Psalm 87:4; Assyrian Palastu, Pilistu, COT^{Genesis 10:14} Dl^{pa 288f.} Greek Παλαιστίνη Herod^{ii. 104,106, vii. 89} Jos^{Ant. i. 6}. 2 (also Φυλιστίνου); see Rel^{Pal. 73 f}.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פְּלֶשֶׁת f. Philistœa (prop. “the land of wanderers,” “strangers,” see the root; compare Genesis 10:14; Amos 9:7, LXX. Ἀλλόφυλοι, γῆ Ἀλλοφύλων), pr.n. of a region on the southern shore of Syria, to the south and west of Canaan, Exodus 15:14; Isaiah 14:29, 31 Isaiah 14:31 Psal. 60:10, etc.; called by Josephus, Παλαιστίνη (Arch. i. 6, § 2), a name however which he elsewhere uses for the whole of the land of the Israelites (Arch. viii. 4). See Relandi Palæstina, page 38, seqq. Hence

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List of Word Forms

פְ֝לֶ֗שֶׁת פְּ֝לֶ֗שֶׁת פְּלֶ֣שֶׁת פְּלָ֑שֶׁת פְּלָֽשֶׁת׃ פְלֶ֙שֶׁת֙ פְלֶ֣שֶׁת פלשת פלשת׃ feLeshet pə·lā·šeṯ pə·le·šeṯ p̄ə·le·šeṯ pəlāšeṯ peLashet pəlešeṯ p̄əlešeṯ peLeshet