Strong H6430H6430Iפְּלִשְׁתִּי
(Sea of the) Philistines
One of the 3 senses of Strong H6430
- Transliteration
- pelishtîy
- Pronunciation
- pel-ish-tee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
The Great Sea, also known as the Sea of the Philistines, refers to the Mediterranean Sea, which formed the western boundary of the Promised Land (Numbers 34:6-7; Joshua 1:4; 9:1; 15:12, 47; 23:4; Ezekiel 47:10, 15, 19-20; 48:28; Exodus 23:31).
Meaning of the name
Philistine = "immigrants"
General definition
Patrial from H6429; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth: - Philistine.
In the biblical story
Great Sea
The Mediterranean Sea, the western boundary of the Promised Land.
The Great Sea, also known as the Sea of the Philistines, refers to the Mediterranean Sea, which formed the western boundary of the Promised Land (Numbers 34:6-7; Joshua 1:4; 9:1; 15:12, 47; 23:4; Ezekiel 47:10, 15, 19-20; 48:28; Exodus 23:31).
In the Bible
Strong H6430I appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- philistines1
First verses
- Exodus 23:31And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.