Goliath

E309478

Philistine warrior biblical figure character in the Hebrew Bible giant

Goliath is the biblical Philistine giant warrior famously defeated by the young David with a sling and a stone.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Goliath canonical	6
Philistine champion Goliath	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Philistine warrior ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ character in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ giant ⓘ
appearsIn	1 Samuel ⓘ Books of Samuel ⓘ surface form: Book of Samuel
armor	bronze greaves ⓘ bronze helmet ⓘ coat of mail ⓘ
army	Philistine army ⓘ
associatedWith	Philistia ⓘ
battleSite	Valley of Elah ⓘ
challenges	Israelite army ⓘ
culturalImpact	metaphor for a powerful opponent ⓘ
decapitatedBy	David ⓘ
defeatedBy	single stone to the forehead ⓘ
describedIn	1 Samuel 17 ⓘ
ethnicity	Philistines ⓘ surface form: Philistine
genre	biblical narrative ⓘ
hasShieldBearer	yes ⓘ
heightDescribedAs	six cubits and a span ⓘ
killedBy	David ⓘ
knownFor	battle with David ⓘ being defeated by David ⓘ great height ⓘ
languageOfName	Masoretic Text ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
nameInHebrew	גָּלְיָת ⓘ
narrativeFunction	foil to David ⓘ
opponent	David ⓘ
pairedWithIdiomatically	David ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
role	champion of the Philistines ⓘ warrior ⓘ
storyUsedIn	literature ⓘ popular culture ⓘ religious teaching ⓘ
symbolizes	overwhelming odds ⓘ powerful adversary ⓘ
taunts	Israelites ⓘ
weapon	javelin ⓘ spear ⓘ sword ⓘ
weaponUsedByOpponent	sling ⓘ stone ⓘ

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

HMS Goliath → namedAfter → Goliath ⓘ

David with the Head of Goliath → depicts → Goliath ⓘ

David with the Head of Goliath → mainCharacter → Goliath ⓘ

David and Goliath → hasMainCharacter → Goliath ⓘ

David and Goliath → associatedWithFigure → Goliath ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philistine champion Goliath

Philistines → biblicalFigureAssociated → Goliath ⓘ

Fragile Things → hasStory → Goliath ⓘ