Philistine
Ancient Canaanite adversary
A Philistine was a member of an ancient people who inhabited the coastal region of Canaan, frequently warring with the Israelites in biblical accounts.
Goliath, the giant slain by David, was a Philistine.
The biblical portrayal of Philistines as enemies of culture and religion gave rise to the lowercase sense. (Lowercase philistine means a culturally ignorant person.)
Ancient Palestinian region
- IsraelitesAncient Hebrew people
- SamsonBiblical figure with hair-bound might
- DelilahTreacherous biblical woman
- GazaPalestinian coastal territory
Judges · Samuel · Saul · David · Goliath · Ark of the Covenant · Hebrew Bible · Palestine
Canaan
Ancient Palestinian region
- IsraelitesAncient Hebrew people
- SamsonBiblical figure with hair-bound might
- DelilahTreacherous biblical woman
Gaza · Judges · Samuel · Saul · David · Goliath · Ark of the Covenant · Hebrew Bible · Palestine · ancient
giant
Being of huge size
slingshot · duel · battle · armour · helmet · sword · spear · shield · defeat · tall
- Biblical PeoplesIsraelites, Israelite, Hebrews, Hebrew, Jews
Philistineaesthete
Lover of the beautiful
intellectual · connoisseur · highbrow · sophisticate · cognoscente
Philistineintellectual
Concerning thought and reason
free thinker · polymath · erudite · scholar · savant