1. A people who once inhabited the villages of Philistia, who were destroyed by the Caphtorims (Deut. 2:23); a remnant being left till the days of Joshua (Josh. 13:3).
2. City belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, not far from Bethel; but the name having the article in the Hebrew may signify a group of villages (Josh. 18:23).
3. A people localized in Samaria by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:31).