Goliath

[guh-lahy-uhth]

noun

1. (in the Bible) the giant warrior of the Philistines whom David killed with a stone from a sling.

2. Usually goliath a giant.

3. Usually goliath a very large, powerful, or influential person or thing.

   a neighborhood grocery competing against the supermarket goliaths.

Goliath

/ ɡəˈlaɪəθ /

noun

1. Old Testament a Philistine giant from Gath who terrorized the Hebrews until he was killed by David with a stone from his sling (I Samuel 17)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Goliath¹

Ultimately from Hebrew Gōlyāth, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Yeah, the rest of their journey should be the easy part, the Dodgers already conquering their Goliath equal in a Phillies series that was essentially the World Series.

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Switzerland's David, the thinking goes, cannot realistically take on America's Goliath.

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What Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her writer’s room of revanchists don’t get is that only the worst of the worst ever root for Goliath.

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So although he was just one David against an army of Goliaths, he was not new to the practice of reloading a slingshot.

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Hawkins painted the company with the backing of the White House as a Goliath against the small town.

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