H6430

פְּלִשְׁתִּי

Pᵉlishtîy · pel-ish-tee'

a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth

Lexicon

Derivation: patrial from H6429 (פְּלֶשֶׁת);

a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Philistine.

Letters

פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
Concrete
mouth · lips · teeth
Extended
to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
Concrete
staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
Extended
authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
Concrete
mark · sign · cross · signature
Extended
a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
Concrete
hand · arm · work
Extended
a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to speak, the word › authority, the one who leads › to consume, to destroy › the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works

To speak, the word of authority, the one who leads that works to consume, to destroy of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פְּלִשְׁתִּי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

288 occurrences · 288 OT · 0 NT · 73 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

of the philistines101 · 40%
the philistines42 · 17%
and the philistines29 · 12%
the philistine10 · 4%
with the philistines9 · 4%
and the philistine6 · 2%
against the philistines6 · 2%
of the philistine5 · 2%
now the philistines4 · 2%
for the philistines4 · 2%
when the philistines4 · 2%
to the philistines3 · 1%
and when the philistines3 · 1%
philistine3 · 1%
all the philistines3 · 1%
unto him, the philistines3 · 1%
which belonged to the philistines2 · 1%
and from the philistines2 · 1%
that the philistines2 · 1%
upon the philistines2 · 1%
which the philistines2 · 1%
to the philistine2 · 1%
but the philistines2 · 1%
then the philistines2 · 1%
philistim1 · 0%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים38פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים23פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים22פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים17פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים16פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃15פְלִשְׁתִּים֙11וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים9פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים9הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י9הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י8פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים8

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.