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US
/fɪˈɫɪstiə/
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NOUN
- an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times
How To Use Philistia In A Sentence
- For the tumblebug was sincere in his insane doings, and all Philistia honored him sincerely, so that there was nowhere any hope for this people. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice
- I'll wager that when the first-born of Canaan was in the flood-tide of glory, this very gown was worn by one of the most beautiful women in the pentapolis of Philistia. Romance Island
- Version but four times in all, always in poetical passages; the first in (Exodus 15: 14) and Isai 14: 29 The second (Joel 3: 4) In each case the Hebrew is Pelesheth, a word found, besides the above, only in (Psalms 60: 8; 83: 7; 87: 4) and Psal 108: 9 In all which our translators have rendered it by "Philistia" or Smith's Bible Dictionary
- Moab is my washbasin, upon Edom I toss my sandal ; over Philistia I shout in triumph.
- Sloping down from the Judean hills toward the plain of Philistia and the Mediterranean Sea is the Shefelah, or Lowlands, a section of Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile)
- It had been called "Philistia" for the most part, undoubtedly after the Philistines whose Goliath had fought David thousands of years before. Israpundit
- What if we just renamed Gaza to Southern Philistia? Matthew Yglesias » Parallel
- Tell us something surprising about the life of women in Philistia. Archive 2009-11-01
- (rendered "Philistia" in Ps. 60: 8; 83: 7; 87: 4; 108: 9) occurs in the Old Testament. Easton's Bible Dictionary
- By November 1918 the British under Allenby were pursuing the Turks through the region they then called Philistia (so designated in Wavell's memoirs). Good Neighbours
