philistine
81Philistines — • Inhabitants of the maritime plain of Palestine from the time of Judges onward Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Philistines Philistines …
82Phi|lis|tine — «fuh LIHS tihn; FIHL uh steen, styn», noun, adjective. –n. 1. (in the Bible) one of the warlike people in southwestern Palestine who attacked the Israelites many times: »He shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines (Judges… …
83ASHDOD — (Heb. אַשְׁדּוֹד), city in the southern coastal plain of Ereẓ Israel; the ancient city was 3 mi. (4½ km.) from the sea, the modern city is on the seashore. Ancient Ashdod In the Late Canaanite period, it served as an important harbor city as is… …
84DAVID — (Heb. דָּוִד), youngest son of Jesse of the Ephrathite family that lived in Beth Lehem in Judah (I Sam. 16:1; 20:27–28; I Chron. 2:13–15; cf. Micah 5:1). In the Bible SOURCES I Samuel 16–II Kings 2 is our main source for David, supplemented by I… …
85GITIN, SEYMOUR — (Sy; 1936–), U.S. archaeologist. Gitin was born in Buffalo, New York. He earned a B.A. in ancient history at the University of Buffalo and studied ancient Near Eastern languages and literature in the rabbinic program at the Hebrew Union… …
86Samson — Samson, Shimshon (Hebrew: שמשון, Standard Šimšon Tiberian unicode|Šimšôn ; meaning of the sun – perhaps proclaiming he was radiant and mighty, or [One who] Serves [God] ) or Shamshoun شمشون (Arabic) is the third to last of the Judges of the… …
87Ashdod — Infobox Israel municipality name=Ashdod imgsize=70 caption= imgsize3=240 caption3=Ashdod MonArt Arts Centre. hebname=Hebrew|אַשְׁדּוֹד arname= meaning= founded=1956 type=city typefrom=1968 stdHeb= altOffSp= altUnoSp= district=south population=207 …
88Philistinism — is a derogatory term used to describe a particular attitude or set of values. A person called a Philistine (in the relevant sense), is said to despise or undervalue art, beauty, intellectual content, and/or spiritual values. Philistines are also… …
89Ekron — otheruses1|the Philistine cityThe city of Ekron ( he. עֶקְרוֹן Unicode| ʿeqrōn , also transliterated Accaron ) was one of the five cities of the famed Philistine pentapolis, located in southwestern Canaan. During the Iron Age, Ekron was a border… …
90Race of Jesus — The race of Jesus has been a subject of debate since at least the 19th century. The physical appearance of Jesus of Nazareth was debated by theologians from early on in the history of Christianity, though with no explicit emphasis on… …
