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    philistine


    1. There were five giants in the land and five Philistine kingdoms


    2. And David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword


    3. And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine


    4. And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him


    5. And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance


    6. And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods


    7. And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field


    8. Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied


    9. And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine


    10. And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth

    11. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David


    12. Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith


    13. Thailand has little to offer me in this area of booze as, although I am not an expert, I am also not a philistine as far as drinking is concerned


    14. 10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together


    15. 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid


    16. 16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days


    17. 23 And as he talked with them, note, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the


    18. 26 And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the


    19. reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?


    20. 36 Your servant killed both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the

    21. of the hand of this Philistine; And Saul said to David, Go, and the Lord be with you


    22. had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand, and he drew near to the Philistine


    23. 41 And the Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him


    24. 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair


    25. 43 And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods


    26. 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field


    27. 45 Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield, but I come to you in the


    28. 48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew near to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the


    29. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took then a stone, and slang it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk


    30. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there was no

    31. 51 Therefore David ran, and stood on the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath of it, and killed him, and cut off


    32. 54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent


    33. 55 And when Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth?


    34. 57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the


    35. Philistine in his hand


    36. 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all


    37. 5 For he did put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the Lord brought a great salvation for all Israel, you sawest it, and


    38. 9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, note, it is here wrapped in a cloth


    39. 10 And he enquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine


    40. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; Then the men of David swore to him,

    41. Earlier, his Philistine wife had used the same ploy to get him to reveal the answer to a riddle and he had succumbed, but vice being what it is, tends to spring the same trap time and again


    42. Saul stared at the Philistine camp


    43. “The whole Philistine army has gathered at the town of Shunem


    44. The Philistine army is as numerous as locusts in the summer


    45. As far as the eye could see the Philistine army swarmed across the valley below


    46. Zeus watched the king destroy the Philistine nation


    47. The only place I'd been called by my surname was at high school and although I hadn't had a bad time I hated everything about it, especially the assumption that everyone was a patriotic rugby playing philistine


    48. 1 During their stay in Joppa, Jesus met Gadiah, a Philistine interpreter who worked for one Simon a tanner


    49. This young Philistine was a truth seeker


    50. 2 One day after the evening meal Jesus and the young Philistine strolled down by the sea, and Gadiah, not knowing that this "scribe of Damascus" was so well versed in the Hebrew traditions, pointed out to Jesus the ship landing from which it was reputed that Jonah had embarked on his ill-fated voyage to Tarshish




























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    Synonyms for "philistine"

    philistine anti-intellectual lowbrow babbitt boob follower middlebrow conventionalist

    "philistine" definitions

    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits


    a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC


    of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people


    smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values