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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient region of southwest Palestine. Strategically located on a trade route from Egypt to Syria, the cities of the region formed a loose confederacy important in biblical times.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times
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Examples
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By November 1918 the British under Allenby were pursuing the Turks through the region they then called Philistia (so designated in Wavell's memoirs).
Good Neighbours 2009
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In any case, to borrow a page from Thomas E. Levy, the emergence of the Israelite state would occur as a result of local peer polity interaction with neighboring statelets such as Philistia, Edom, Moab, and others.
Quote of the Day (Israel Finkelstein) James F. McGrath 2009
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The Roman name "Philistia" was a fiction invented by the Roman emperor Hadrian after the Bar Kochba Revolt in 135 C.E., a fiction of Hadrian then, and a fiction of the Arabs today, to the same degree.
Archive 2001-09-01 Lionheart 2001
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The Roman name "Philistia" was a fiction invented by the Roman emperor Hadrian after the Bar Kochba Revolt in 135 C.E., a fiction of Hadrian then, and a fiction of the Arabs today, to the same degree.
Israel: Hadrians curse Lionheart 2001
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Version but four times in all, always in poetical passages; the first in (Exodus 15: 14) and Isai 14: 29 The second (Joel 3: 4) In each case the Hebrew is Pelesheth, a word found, besides the above, only in (Psalms 60: 8; 83: 7; 87: 4) and Psal 108: 9 In all which our translators have rendered it by "Philistia" or
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The modern Gaza Strip, classically known as "Philistia" and later as "Palestine."
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It had been called "Philistia" for the most part, undoubtedly after the Philistines whose Goliath had fought David thousands of years before.
Israpundit 2009
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(rendered "Philistia" in Ps. 60: 8; 83: 7; 87: 4; 108: 9) occurs in the Old Testament.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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What if we just renamed Gaza to Southern Philistia?
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Tell us something surprising about the life of women in Philistia.
Archive 2009-11-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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