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Philistine meaning
A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East. | An opponent (of the speaker, writer, etc); an enemy, a foe. | In German universities: a person not associated with the university; a non-academic or non-student; a townsperson.
Example sentences (20)
There are dozens of others, hilarious, tragic, left-wing and reactionary, cultured and philistine.
A new study scientifically corroborates the conquest of the Philistine city of Gath by Hazael, king of Aram-Damasus, as described in 2 Kings 12:17.
The Philistines were threatening the Israelites, and none of the soldiers would stand up to the Philistine giant Goliath.
Now, such a match between Jew and Philistine is what the Bible calls an “unequal yoke,” strictly forbidden by the Lord.
Philistine is supposed to have been used as a humorous figure for enemy in English since circa 1600.
What an absolute philistine, right?
A 10th-9th century BCE burial in the excavation of the Philistine cemetery by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon.
Goliath, the giant Philistine warrior, was challenging the Israelite soldiers.
It is my philistine ears.
Our agonising nostalgia for class (Downton Abbey only the most recent example) perpetuates philistine values.
The puzzle is number 27,924 set by Philistine and was called 'genius' by Twitter users.
He understood that Goliath was an uncircumcised Philistine.
In the absence of any law, such conduct is unlawful,philistine and jejune.
Rather, I believe that this chaos is the perpetual result of the absolute incompetence and idiocy of a preening philistine who has faked his way through life pretending that he knows more than he does and is tougher than he is.
Unless you’re a philistine with no interest in cross-dressing attention seekers, life in Iceland will become more bleak and dark than… life in Iceland?
A fraud, as well as a philistine, he had been exposed before Parliament and dumped as Country Party leader for 19 years of falsely claiming a university degree.
Although scholars have backed off from postulating that every site with bichrome pottery was under Philistine control, the ethnic association remains..
As one journalist noted, "Harry's Uncle Vernon is a grotesque philistine of violent tendencies and remarkably little brain.
In 2016, the discovery of a huge Philistine cemetery, containing more than 150 burials, seems to point toward an Aegean origin of the Philistines.
No. Were the Iron I Philistine cities fortified?