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- noun Plural form of
Philistine .
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Examples
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The success of Hezekiah against the Philistines is here foretold, and the advantages which his people would gain thereby, ver.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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And them Jews, always killin 'Philistines or some such!
He writes! David 2006
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I feel like the vanquished Philistines from the Bible ------ slain by the jawbone of an ass .....
Page 2 2003
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I feel like the vanquished Philistines from the Bible ------ slain by the jawbone of an ass .....
Page 2 2003
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I feel like the vanquished Philistines from the Bible ------ slain by the jawbone of an ass .....
Page 2 2003
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I feel like the vanquished Philistines from the Bible ------ slain by the jawbone of an ass .....
Page 2 2003
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As they did not enter Palestine till the time of the Exodus, the use of the name Philistines in
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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Maxim Gorky's title Philistines describes to a "t" the main characters of his 1902 play - censored under the czarist regime - of generational and class conflict in a 2007 version by Andrew Upton that completes its run this weekend at the Zeum.
unknown title 2009
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It turns out that the land occupied by the Philistines was the modern Gaza strip, north to beyond Ashdod in Israel.
Who's Goliath Now? 2009
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The Philistines were the heirs of Minoan Crete, one of the golden highlights of ancient history.
Archive 2009-11-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009
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