philistine

«philistine» in Mova's school dictionary: The Philistines were an ancient people who lived along… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a philistine, philistines; the Philistines — Bible); adjective (philistine)

meaning for a pupil

1) (Bible) The Philistines were an ancient people who lived along the coast of Canaan and were often at war with the Israelites; Goliath was a Philistine. tree →

2) A philistine is a person who does not care about or understand art, music, books or culture. tree →

3) As an adjective, philistine means not caring about art and culture. tree →

sense in the lessons

In Bible stories the Philistines are enemies of Israel in the stories of Samson and of David and Goliath. In everyday and formal speech, calling someone a philistine is an insult meaning they ignore beauty and learning. Phrases: "the Philistines", "a Philistine giant", "a complete philistine".

examples

• (Bible) David killed Goliath, the Philistine giant, with a sling and a stone. tree →
• (Bible) Samson fought against the Philistines. tree →
• The Philistines lived on the coast near Gaza. tree →
• My uncle calls anyone who doesn't like opera a philistine. tree →
• Only a philistine would paint over that beautiful old mural. tree →
• "Museums are boring," said Ben. "You philistine!" laughed his sister. tree →

note

For the ancient people it takes a capital letter: the Philistines. For the insult it is often lower case: a philistine. The insult is unfair to the real ancient people, whose art and pottery were skilled. The name Palestine is thought to come from the same word.

In the corpora

• Goliath was a giant Philistine warrior who challenged Israel's army to send one man to fight him, and everyone was afraid.
• And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.
• And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household; and the Philistines envied him.
• This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;
• And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «philistine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.