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Philistines
- In the Old Testament , enemies of the Israelites in their settlement in the Promised Land . ( See David and Samson .)
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Notes
A “philistine” has come to mean a person who is ignorant and uncultured.
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Example Sentences
He was wrong, of course, even scripturally: the Philistines loved Goliath.
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The recession has empowered the new philistines by raising the stakes on their narrow reasoning.
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They that sit on mount Seir, and the Philistines, and the foolish people that dwell in Sichem.
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The Syrians from the east, and, the Philistines from the west: and they shall devour Israel with open mouth.
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Think of Samson, who slew a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass!
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This was the part of the land inhabited by the Philistines, against whom the Israelites had so many and such bitter fights.
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He scoffed at the Philistines, who daily went along the same measured way.
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