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Philistia
=Palestine (q.v.), “the land of the Philistines” (Ps 60:8; Ps 87:4; Ps 108:9). The word is supposed to mean “the land of wanderers” or “of strangers.”
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- Psalms 60:8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
- Psalms 87:4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
- Psalms 108:9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
