Philistines

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Bronze Age people Iron Age people ancient people ethnic group

The Philistines were an ancient people of the coastal Levant, often depicted in the Hebrew Bible as powerful adversaries of the Israelites and associated with cities like Gaza, Ashkelon, and Gath.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Philistines canonical	27
Philistine	2
Philistine culture	2
Philistia	1
Philistines (in coastal areas)	1
Philistines (via Mizraim in some traditions)	1
The Philistines	1
biblical term "Peleshet"	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bronze Age people ⓘ Iron Age people ⓘ ancient people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture	Philistines self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Philistine culture
associatedWithCity	Ashdod ⓘ Ashkelon ⓘ Ekron ⓘ Gath ⓘ Gaza City ⓘ surface form: Gaza
biblicalFigureAssociated	Goliath ⓘ
conflictedWith	King David ⓘ King Saul ⓘ Samson ⓘ
culturalInfluence	Aegean cultural elements ⓘ local Canaanite elements ⓘ
describedAs	adversaries of the Israelites ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ craft production ⓘ trade ⓘ
ethnonymAttestedIn	Egyptian inscriptions (as Peleset) ⓘ
eventuallyConqueredBy	Assyria ⓘ surface form: Neo-Assyrian Empire Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
hasPoliticalStructure	pentapolis ⓘ
knownFor	conflicts with Israelites ⓘ distinctive pottery ⓘ fortified cities ⓘ maritime connections ⓘ
languageFamily	likely Indo-European (uncertain) ⓘ
legacy	name of the region Palestine (via Greek and Latin forms) ⓘ
locatedIn	Canaan ⓘ coastal Levant ⓘ Levant region ⓘ surface form: southern Levant
materialCulture	Philistine bichrome pottery ⓘ
mentionedIn	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
nameRelatedTo	Philistines self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: biblical term "Peleshet"
politicalOrganization	city-states ⓘ
possibleOrigin	Aegean Region ⓘ surface form: Aegean region Mycenaean world ⓘ Sea Peoples ⓘ
regionCorrespondsTo	Gaza Strip ⓘ surface form: modern Gaza Strip part of modern Israel ⓘ part of modern Palestine ⓘ
religion	polytheism ⓘ
timePeriod	Iron Age I ⓘ Iron Age II ⓘ Late Bronze Age ⓘ
worshipedDeity	Astarte ⓘ surface form: Ashtoreth (Astarte) Baal ⓘ surface form: Baal-zebub Dagon ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judges → featuresEnemyGroup → Philistines ⓘ

subject surface form: Book of Judges

King Saul → enemy → Philistines ⓘ

Samson and Delilah (1949 film) → portrays → Philistines ⓘ

Gaza City → historicalRegion → Philistines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philistia

Tribe of Dan → borderedBy → Philistines ⓘ

Samson the Nazarite → hasSubject → Philistines ⓘ

Samson → enemy → Philistines ⓘ

Samson → capturedBy → Philistines ⓘ

Saul and the medium of Endor → hasOpposingArmy → Philistines ⓘ

Shamgar → associatedWithPeople → Philistines ⓘ

Shamgar → conflictWith → Philistines ⓘ

Saul → conflictWith → Philistines ⓘ

Malchi-shua → enemyInBattle → Philistines ⓘ

Philistines → archaeologicalCulture → Philistines self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philistine culture

Philistines → nameRelatedTo → Philistines self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: biblical term "Peleshet"

Abinadab → enemyInBattle → Philistines ⓘ

Mount Gilboa → associatedWithPeople → Philistines ⓘ

Valley of Sorek → associatedWithPeople → Philistines ⓘ

Delilah → associatedWithPeople → Philistines ⓘ

city of Gezer → laterControlledBy → Philistines ⓘ

subject surface form: Gezer

historic Palestine → historicalInhabitants → Philistines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philistines (in coastal areas)

Levantine peoples → hasSubgroup → Philistines ⓘ

Dagon → worshippedBy → Philistines ⓘ

Philistia → inhabitedBy → Philistines ⓘ

Philistia → etymologicallyRelatedTo → Philistines ⓘ

Goliath → ethnicity → Philistines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philistine

Assyrian inscriptions → mentions → Philistines ⓘ

Iron Age I → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Philistines ⓘ

Tell Qasile archaeological site → culture → Philistines ⓘ

subject surface form: Tell Qasile

this entity surface form: Philistine culture

Dagan → culture → Philistines ⓘ

Ham → hasDescendantGroup → Philistines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philistines (via Mizraim in some traditions)

Sidonians → neighboringPeople → Philistines ⓘ

Beth Shemesh → conflictWith → Philistines ⓘ

Ascalon → conqueredBy → Philistines ⓘ

Ziklag area → culturalContext → Philistines ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philistine

Glen Matlock → associatedAct → Philistines ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Philistines