Lexical Summary Pelesheth: a territory on the S. Mediterranean coast of Isr Original Word: פְלֶשֶׁתTransliteration: Pelesheth Phonetic Spelling: (pel-eh'-sheth) Part of Speech: Noun Short Definition: a territory on the S. Mediterranean coast of Isr Meaning: Philistia -- a territory on the southern Mediterranean coast of Israel Strong's Concordance Palestina, Palestine, Philistia, Philistines From palash; rolling, i.e. Migratory; Pelesheth, a region of Syria -- Palestina, Palestine, Philistia, Philistines. see HEBREW palash Brown-Driver-Briggs H6429. Pelesheth מְּלֶ֫שֶׁת proper name, of a territory Philistia, in poetry and late; — מְּלָ֑שֶׁת (ישְׁבֵי) Exodus 15:14 (Φυλιστιειμ; elsewhere (οἱ) ἀλλόφυλοι), Joel 4:4, elsewhere מְּלֶשֶׁת Isaiah 14:29, 31; Psalm 60:10 = 108:10; 83:8; 87:4; Assyrian Palastu, Pilistu, COTGenesis 10:14 Dlpa 288 f. Greek Παλαιστίνη Herodii. 104, 106, vii. 89 JosAnt. i. 6. 2 (also Φυλιστίνου); see RelPal. 73 f. |
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