Etymology?:
patronymic from pᵊlešet פְּלֶ֫שֶׁת ‘Palestina’
Roots:
פלשׁת
pᵊlištī pr n loc gen
Philistine = "immigrants"
1) an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan
Mentioned in Genesis 26:15, 26:18, 21:32, 26:1, 26:8, 21:34, 10:14, 26:14 Exodus 13:17, 23:31 Joshua 13:2, 13:3 Judges 14:2, 14:3, 14:4, 15:6, 16:28, 16:21, 3:31, 16:23, 15:11, 16:5, 16:27, 10:11, 16:9, 16:12, 16:14, 16:18, 10:6, 13:5, 15:3, 15:12, 16:20, 16:30, 15:14, 16:8, 10:7, 13:1, 15:5, 14:1, 15:20, 3:3, 15:9 1 Samuel 14:1, 31:2, 6:18, 17:40, 17:49, 17:50, 4:1, 5:1, 17:55, 17:57, 29:4, 17:32, 14:47, 17:42, 4:10, 17:54, 13:19, 29:3, 4:7, 14:36, 6:4, 6:12, 6:17, 13:17, 14:4, 17:36, 27:1, 10:5, 13:4, 14:22, 14:37, 14:46, 17:53, 21:10, 23:28, 24:2, 29:2, 4:3, 14:30, 18:25, 14:31, 4:2, 4:9, 9:16, 13:20, 14:52, 17:2, 17:4, 17:8, 17:10, 17:23, 17:26, 17:33, 17:41, 17:52, 18:27, 23:3, 23:5, 27:11, 28:1, 31:1, 31:7, 18:17, 29:9, 30:16, 7:8, 4:6, 5:8, 6:21, 7:3, 7:7, 13:12, 13:23, 14:11, 14:19, 17:3, 17:37, 17:43, 17:44, 17:45, 17:51, 18:21, 23:2, 23:27, 28:15, 29:11, 31:11, 17:19, 17:11, 4:17, 5:2, 5:11, 12:9, 17:46, 13:5, 6:2, 13:3, 13:11, 23:1, 23:4, 7:14, 7:11, 17:1, 29:1, 27:7, 17:16, 6:1, 31:9, 18:6, 14:21, 19:5, 22:10, 28:4, 28:5, 28:19, 31:8, 7:13, 13:16, 7:10, 19:8, 17:48, 18:30, 6:16, 29:7, 17:21 2 Samuel 23:16, 21:17, 19:10, 23:11, 5:24, 21:18, 23:14, 23:9, 8:1, 23:10, 3:18, 3:14, 1:20, 5:17, 5:19, 23:13, 21:19, 8:12, 5:25, 21:12, 23:12, 21:15, 5:18, 5:22 1 Kings 15:27, 16:15, 5:1 2 Kings 8:2, 8:3, 18:8 Isaiah 11:14, 9:11, 2:6 Jeremiah 47:4, 47:1, 25:20 Ezekiel 25:16, 25:15, 16:57, 16:27 Amos 1:8, 6:2, 9:7 Obadiah 1:19 Zephaniah 2:5 Zechariah 9:6 Psalms 56:1 1 Chronicles 11:18, 10:2, 12:20, 18:11, 11:16, 14:15, 20:4, 20:5, 18:1, 10:1, 10:7, 11:15, 14:10, 14:16, 11:13, 10:9, 1:12, 10:11, 10:8, 11:14, 14:8, 14:9, 14:13 2 Chronicles 17:11, 28:18, 26:7, 9:26, 26:6, 21:16