מְּלִשְׁתִּי₂₈₈ adjective, of a people Philistine, (οί) Φυλιστιειμ; and (not in Hexateuch) (ό) ἀλλόφυλος, (οί) ἀλλόφυλοι; — only as substantive: ׳הַמּ the Philistine (Goliath) slain by David 1 Samuel 17:8 27t. 17, 1 Samuel 18:6; 1 Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 21:10; 1 Samuel 22:10; one slain byAbishai 2 Samuel 21:17; elsewhere plural the Philistines,:255 usually מְּלִשְׁתִּים without article, rarely ׳הַמּ 1 Samuel 4:7; 1 Samuel 7:13 + (especially with preposition ׳בַּמּ 1 Samuel 7:13 +, and then perhaps due to punctuators), Genesis 10:14 = 1 Chronicles 1:12; Genesis 26:14,15,18; Judges 3:31 33t. Judges; 1 Samuel 4:1 (twice in verse) + 118 t. 1Samuel; 2 Samuel 1:20 28t. 2Samuel +; ׳אֶרֶץ פ Genesis 21:32,34 12t.; ׳שְׂדֵה פ 1 Samuel 6:1; 1 Samuel 27:7,11; ׳מֶלֶךְ פ Genesis 26:1,8; ׳שָׂרֵי פ 1 Samuel 18:30 5t.; ׳סַרְנֵי פ Joshua 13:3; Judges 3:3 13t.; ׳יָם פ Exodus 23:31; ׳אֱלֹהֵי פ Judges 10:6. — compare כְּרֵתִי, II. כַּפְתּוֺר. On Philistines see also WMM^{As.u.Eur.387f.} Evans^{Cretan Pictographs, 100 ff.} Schw^{ZWT xxxiv. 103 f., 255}.