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Phi·lis·ti·a

 (fĭ-lĭs′tē-ə)
An ancient region of southwest Palestine. Strategically located on a trade route from Egypt to Syria, the cities of the region formed a loose confederacy important in biblical times.
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Philistia

(fɪˈlɪstɪə)
n
(Placename) an ancient country on the coast of SW Palestine
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Phi•lis•ti•a

(fɪˈlɪs ti ə)

n.
an ancient country in SW Palestine on the Mediterranean coast: the land of the Philistines.
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Noun1.Philistia - an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and EgyptPhilistia - an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times
Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land, Palestine - an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
Dagon - god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines
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It was the crowning buffet, the final victory of Philistia over art, beauty, and immaterial things.
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Dan'el Kahn concludes the volume with "The Campaign of Ramesses III against Philistia," an abbreviated and amended version of a previously published article (Kahn 2011) that argues that the assumed connection between the sea and land battles fought by Ramesses III against the so-called Sea Peoples should be rejected, a position previously argued by Drews 2000, but ignored here.
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The Gaza Strip as a 13th tribe (ie Philistia) could become the administrative region and Gaza the capital for a unified Holy Land.
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After the rapprochement between David and Saul, David goes undercover in Philistia, pretending to be an enemy of Saul's but really working on behalf of the king, dramatizing I Sam 27-29.
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Fy nymuniad cyson yw 'Gwna ddaeargrynfeydd dan gadarn goncrit Philistia'.
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The inscriptions are personal names, likely marks of ownership, with originas in the milieu of Tyre and Sidon, as well as Israel, Philistia and Moab (Amadasi-Guzzo 1992) Some of the inscribed pot fragments constitute evidence for administrative usage.
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G'val, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
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Howl, O gate; cry out, O city; melt away, all Philistia! For a smoke is coming from the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks (Isa.
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They call it Philistia, from which the name Palestine is derived.
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