Philistia

A written article for Philistia is still to come. Below and alongside: where Philistia appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.

  • Philistia

Original word

  • פְּלֶשֶׁת palestina, philistia, philistines, palestine
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Where Philistia appears in Scripture

Exodus 15

שָֽׁמְעוּ עַמִּים יִרְגָּזוּן חִיל אָחַז יֹֽשְׁבֵי פְּלָֽשֶׁת׃
14
The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.

Psalms 60

מוֹאָב׀ סִיר רַחְצִי עַל-אֱדוֹם אַשְׁלִיךְ נַעֲלִי עָלַי פְּלֶשֶׁת הִתְרוֹעָֽעִי׃
8
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.

Psalms 83

גְּבָל וְעַמּוֹן וַעֲמָלֵק פְּלֶשֶׁת עִם-יֹשְׁבֵי צֽוֹר׃
7
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

Psalms 87

אַזְכִּיר׀ רַהַב וּבָבֶל לְֽיֹדְעָי הִנֵּה פְלֶשֶׁת וְצוֹר עִם-כּוּשׁ זֶה יֻלַּד-שָֽׁם׃
4
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.

Psalms 108

מוֹאָב׀ סִיר רַחְצִי עַל-אֱדוֹם אַשְׁלִיךְ נַעֲלִי עֲלֵֽי-פְלֶשֶׁת אֶתְרוֹעָֽע׃
9
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.

Isaiah 14

אַֽל-תִּשְׂמְחִי פְלֶשֶׁת כֻּלֵּךְ כִּי נִשְׁבַּר שֵׁבֶט מַכֵּךְ כִּֽי-מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ נָחָשׁ יֵצֵא צֶפַע וּפִרְיוֹ שָׂרָף מְעוֹפֵֽף׃
29
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
הֵילִילִֽי שַׁעַר זַֽעֲקִי-עִיר נָמוֹג פְּלֶשֶׁת כֻּלֵּךְ כִּי מִצָּפוֹן עָשָׁן בָּא וְאֵין בּוֹדֵד בְּמוֹעָדָֽיו׃
31
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

Joel 3

וְגַם מָה-אַתֶּם לִי צֹר וְצִידוֹן וְכֹל גְּלִילוֹת פְּלָשֶׁת הַגְּמוּל אַתֶּם מְשַׁלְּמִים עָלָי וְאִם-גֹּמְלִים אַתֶּם עָלַי קַל מְהֵרָה אָשִׁיב גְּמֻלְכֶם בְּרֹאשְׁכֶֽם׃
4
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;