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noun - a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
noun - a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
PHILISTINES - The Philistines were an ancient people known for their conflict with the Israelites described in the Bible. The primary source about the Philistines...
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| I insist help is required to reform such vulgar people |
| Uncultured sorts |
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| Nov 6 2020 New York Times |
| Mar 21 2005 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
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| ...Samson has 1,000 of these to slay & you offer him a wiffle ball bat; he'll stick with the jawbone |
| Samson took hold of two pillars and said "Let me die with" these people |
| As a bride price, Saul asked David to kill 100 of these people & bring back proof |
| Judge Shamgar slew 600 of these people with an ox goad; David slew just one with a sling & a stone |
| Prior to bringing down their temple, Samson killed 1,000 of them with a jawbone |
| In the Book of Judges, this anti-Israelite people found out the secret of Samson's power by bribing Delilah |
| A 17th C. sermon on the book of Judges led to this group's name being applied to uneducated townspeople |
| In 1 Samuel 4, these people captured the Ark of the Covenant after defeating Israel in battle |
| Ebenezer is a stone Samuel put between Mizpeh & Shen after the Israelites smote these people |
| First mentioned in the Bible as early as Genesis 21, this people has become a synonym for an uneducated & uncultured group |
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| Plural form of philistine. |
| a member of a non-Semitic people of ancient southern Palestine, who came into conflict with the Israelites during the 12th and 11th centuries BC. |
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| The Philistines were an ancient people known for their conflict with the Israelites described in the Bible. The primary source about the Philistines is the Hebrew Bible, but they are first attested in reliefs at the Temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu, where they are called Peleset (), accepted as cognate with Hebrew P'léet. The parallel Assyrian term is Palastu (), Piliti (), or Pilistu ().The first reference to Philistines in the Hebrew Bible is in the Table of Nations, where they are said to descend from Casluhim, son of Mizraim (Egypt). However, the Philistines of Genesis who are friendly to Abraham are identified by rabbinic sources as distinct from the warlike people described in Deuteronomistic history. Deuteronomist sources describe the "Five Lords of the Philistines" as based in five city-states of the southwestern Levant: Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath, from Wadi Gaza in the south to the Yarqon River in the north. This description portrays them at one period of tim |