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The Philistines (Hebrew: פְּלִשְׁתִּים, romanized: Pəlištīm; LXX: Koinē Greek: Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: Phulistieím; Latin: Philistaei) were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age in a confederation of city-states generally referred to as Philistia.
ˈfi-lə-stən. 1. : a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia. 2. often not capitalized. a. : a person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic values. b. : one uninformed in a special area of knowledge.
As a derogatory term, philistine describes a person who is narrow-minded and hostile to the life of the mind, whose materialistic and wealth-oriented worldview and tastes indicate an indifference to cultural and aesthetic values.
Philistine, one of a people of Aegean origin who settled on the southern coast of Palestine in the 12th century BCE, about the time of the arrival of the Israelites.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
PHILISTINE definition: 1. a person who refuses to see the beauty or the value of art or culture: 2. one of a race of…. Learn more.
Oct 5, 2023 · A member of a non-Semitic people occupying the southern coast of Palestine in biblical times, who came into conflict with the Israelites during the 12th and 11th centuries b.c.
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In the Hebrew Bible (known to Christians as the Old Testament), the Philistines are the consummate enemy of the Israelites — an uncircumcised barbaric tribe intent on destroying God's chosen people. The giant Goliath was a Philistine and so was the evil temptress Delilah who cut mighty Samson's hair.
