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Definition: Goliath |
GoliathNoun1. (Old Testament) a giant Philistine warrior who David slayed with a slingshot. 2. Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Goliath" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "passage", "revolution", "heap", "to be uncovered". |
Date "Goliath" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Goliath great. (1.) A famous giant of Gath, who for forty days openly defied the armies of Israel, but was at length slain by David with a stone from a sling (1 Sam. 17:4). He was probably descended from the Rephaim who found refuge among the Philistines after they were dispersed by the Ammonites (Deut. 2:20, 21). His height was "six cubits and a span," which, taking the cubit at 21 inches, is equal to 10 1/2 feet. David cut off his head (1 Sam. 17:51) and brought it to Jerusalem, while he hung the armour which he took from him in his tent. His sword was preserved at Nob as a religious trophy (21:9). David's victory over Goliath was the turning point in his life. He came into public notice now as the deliverer of Israel and the chief among Saul's men of war (18:5), and the devoted friend of Jonathan. (2.) In 2 Sam. 21:19 there is another giant of the same name mentioned as slain by Elhanan. The staff of his apear "was like a weaver's beam." The Authorized Version interpolates the words "the brother of" from 1 Chr. 20:5, where this giant is called Lahmi. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Biographical Satire | GOLIATH, ancient heavyweight champion, who was knocked out in one round by a lightweight. Defeat attributed to overconfidence. Friends said nothing like that had ever entered his head. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Literature | Goliath The Philistine giant, slain by the stripling David with a small stone hurled from a sling. (1 Sam. xvii. 23-54.). (See Giants.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Goliath is a Biblical giant slain by David. He is also a Marvel superhero.
Goliath of Gath
Goliath of Gath ("Golyat" in Hebrew) was a gigantic figure in the Biblical story of David in the Book of Samuel I in the Old Testament. He came from Gath, one of five ancient city-states of the Philistines, which was opposed to Israel at the time. Scripture describes how David, as a young man without military training, volunteered to defend the honor of G-d and Israel by fighting Goliath in a match to the death. Goliath, a national battle hero, was fully armored and quite willing to destroy little David. David slung a single stone which either killed or rendered Goliath unconscious. David then decapitated Goliath with Goliath's own sword. According to the Midrash, Goliath was killed by the stone from the sling which miraculously penetrated his forehead. David and Goliath shared ancestry, David's great-great-grandmother being the Moabite Ruth who was the sister of Orpah, the forebear of Goliath
The name has been used elsewhere for various pieces of software, large machinery (for example, a crane on the Clyde in Scotland), a frog (Conraua goliath), the Goliath Beetle and any situation featuring unequal competing groups.
Although Goliath is generally known as a 'giant' of the Bible, actual careful reading of the scripture in the original Hebrew clearly shows a detailed description of the height and size of Goliath. He was a giant of a man, perhaps eight to eight and half feet tall, but no mythical "giant" of lore
Compare star of Goliath.
Goliath the superhero
Dr Pym is a founding member of The Avengers, a Marvel superhero group. But before that, Dr Henry 'Hank' Pym was married to a hungarian called Maria Travonoya. Sadly, their marriage was cut short when Maria was killed by Hungarian Secret Police. Shortly after that, he discovered what he called Pym Particles. One had the power to make things shrink and the other would return it to it's natural size. He tested them on himself and he shrunk down to the size of an insect. He then restored himself. He then constructed a cyber-helmet, that would let him communicate and control insects. He designed a costume and gave himself the superhero name Ant-Man. On his first outing as Ant-Man, he defeated some KGB agents that were trying to steal some anti-radiation gas that Pym had made. He started a career as Ant-Man and fought many villains. Pym was contacted by Vernon Van Dyne. He was asked to help Van Dyne in contacting aliens. He refused, but became attracted to Vernon's daughter, Janet Van Dyne (later The Wasp). Vernon Van Dyne was later slain by an alien outlaw. Janet asked for Hank's help to avenge his death. Pym then revealed his secret identity to her. Hank used some Pym particles on her and grafted wasp wings beneath her shoulders (but they disappeared when she was normal size and came back again when using Pym particles). Janet assumed the name of The Wasp. They tracked down and defeated Vernon's killer. They then formed a permanent partnership and became the founding members of The Avengers. Over the years, Pym has had a number of different costumed identities, such as Giant-Man, Yellowjacket and most recently Goliath.
Golaith is also a gargoyle in Gargoyles, the TV show.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Goliath."
Synonyms: GoliathSynonyms: behemoth (n), colossus (n), giant (n), monster (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Size | Giant, Brobdingnagian, Antaeus, Goliath, Gog and Magog, Gargantua, monster, mammoth, Cyclops; cachalot, whale, porpoise, behemoth, leviathan, elephant, hippopotamus; colossus; tun, cord, lump, bulk, block, loaf, mass, swad, clod, nugget, bushel, thumper, whooper, spanker, strapper; "Triton among the minnows". |
Strength | Athlete, gymnast, acrobat; superman, Atlas, Hercules, Antaeus, Samson, Cyclops, Goliath; tower of strength; giant refreshed. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Goliath |
| English words defined with "Goliath": David ♦ Giant heron ♦ Single combat. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Goliath": DAVID ♦ Elhanan, Ephes-dammim ♦ Gath ♦ Jaare-oregim ♦ Merab ♦ Saadia. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Goliath" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (goliath), Dutch (Goliath), German (goliath). |
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Screenplays | It's like David and Goliath, only this time David won (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Goliath e la schiava ribelle (1963) Goo Goo Goliath (1954) Edgar & Goliath (1937) Davey and Son of Goliath (1996) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | David and Goliath. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | David and Goliath. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | National Cathedral interiors. Tapestry of David and Goliath story in National Cathedral I. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Goliath at last willing to talk to David. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Goliath vs. many davids" by Harald Wittmaack Commentary: "Hunted down in the "FriedrichsAu"-Park in Ulm/Germany." |
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Business | SK Telecom seeks to acquire Shinsegi Telecom primarily to put itself in a better position to win one of the IMT-2000 operator licenses to be awarded by the Minister of Information and Communication (MIC) in December 2000. Through the acquisition of Shinsegi Telecom, SK Telecom will emerge as Korea’s wireless Goliath, holding a 57 percent share (in terms of number of subscribers) and a 60 percent share (in terms of sales volume) of the Korean market for mobile phone service. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Goliath" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Goliath" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 21 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| "Goliath" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "passage", "revolution", "heap", "to be uncovered". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Goliath." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Goliath | N/A | Biblical | N/A |
| Goliath | Male | Biblical | N/A |
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Expressions using "Goliath": Ardeomega goliath ♦ Goliath beetle ♦ goliath cap ♦ goliath frog ♦ Rana goliath. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "Goliath": David-and-goliath. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Goliath"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | goliath. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | голиат. (various references) | |
Danish | lampesokkel (goliath cap, lamp cap, miniature cap, miniature Edison screw cap, mogul base, pygmy). (various references) | |
Dutch | Goliath. (various references) | |
Esperanto | Goliato. (various references) | |
French | heron goliath (ardea goliath, goliath heron), héron goliath (goliath heron), culot Goliath (goliath cap), ardea goliath (ardea goliath, goliath heron). (various references) | |
German | goliath. (various references) | |
Greek | γολιάθ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | גלית. (various references) | |
Hungarian | góliát. (various references) | |
Italian | golia. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oliathgay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | golias. (various references) | |
Romanian | uriaş (astronomic, astronomical, colossal, colossus, elephantine, enormous, giant, giantlike, gigantic, huge, immense, infinite, mammoth, mite, monster, monumental, mountainous, ogre, prodigious, strapping, thumping, vast). (various references) | |
Russian | тж. гигант, голиаф, Голиаф. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | golijat, ljudeskara. (various references) | |
Spanish | goliat. (various references) | |
Swedish | goliat. (various references) | |
Thai | คนหรือสิ่งที่มีอำนาจมาก. (various references) | |
Turkish | hazreti davut, dev (colossal, colossus, cyclopean, giant, giantess, huge, kingsize, massy, monster, titan), calüt. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | велетень (gargantua, giant, titan). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Ardea goliath. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Chronicles Chapter 20, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai egeneto eti polemoV meta twn allofulwn kai epataxen ellanan uioV iair ton leemi adelfon goliaq tou geqqaiou kai xulon doratoV autou wV antion ufainontwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Aliud quoque bellum gestum est adversum Philistheos in quo percussit Adeodatus filius Saltus Lehemites fratrem Goliath Getthei cuius hastae lignum erat quasi liciatorium texentium |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear-staff was like a weaver's beam. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And again there was war with the Philistines; and Elhanan, the son of Jair, put to death Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the stem of whose spear was like a cloth-worker's rod. |
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| Language | 1 Chronicles Chapter 20, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Ug may gubat na usab batok sa mga Filistehanon; ug si Elhanan anak nga lalake ni Jair mipatay kang Lami ang igsoon nga lalake ni Goliat ang Hetehanon, ang ulongan sa kang kinsang bangkaw sama sa usa ka likisan sa maghahabol. |
| Croatian | Uz to je nastao i rat s Filistejcima, u kojem je Jairov sin Elhanan pogubio Lahmija, brata Golijata Gitejca, koji je imao kopljaèu kao tkalaèko vratilo. |
| Danish | Atter kom det til Kamp med Filis,terne. Elhanan, Ja'irs Søn, nedhuggede da Lami, Gatiten Goliats Broder, hvis Spydstage var som en Væverbom. |
| Dutch | Daarna was er nog een krijg tegen de Filistijnen, en Elhanan, de zoon van Jair, versloeg Lachmi, den broeder van Goliath, den Gethiet, wiens spieshout was als een weversboom. |
| Finnish | Taas oli taistelu filistealaisia vastaan, ja Elhanan, Jaaorin poika, surmasi Lahmin, gatilaisen Goljatin veljen, jonka peitsen varsi oli niinkuin kangastukki. |
| French | Il y eut encore une bataille avec les Philistins. Et Elchanan, fils de Jaïr, tua le frère de Goliath, Lachmi de Gath, qui avait une lance dont le bois était comme une ensouple de tisserand. |
| German | Und es erhob sich noch ein Streit mit den Philistern. Da schlug Elhanan, der Sohn Jairs, den Lahemi, den Bruder Goliaths, den Gathiter, welcher hatte eine Spießstange wie ein Weberbaum. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dalam pertempuran lain melawan orang Filistin, Elhanan anak Yair membunuh Lahmi saudara Goliat orang Gat. Gagang tombak Lahmi itu sebesar kayu alat tenun. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kemudian dari pada itu adalah pula suatu perang dengan orang Filistin, maka oleh Elhanan bin Yair dibunuh akan Lakhmi, saudara Goliat, orang Geti itu, yang batang tumbaknya seperti pesa orang tenun besarnya. |
| Italian | Ci fu un'altra guerra con i Filistei, nella quale Elcanan figlio di Iair uccise Lacmi, fratello di Golia di Gat, l'asta della cui lancia era come un subbio di tessitore. |
| Maori | A ka ara ano he whawhai ki nga Pirihitini; na ka patua e Erehanana, tama a Iaare, a Rahami teina o Koriata o Kata, ko te kakau o tana taoroa, rite tonu ki te rakau a te kaiwhatu. |
| Norwegian | Så kom det atter til strid med filistrene; og Elhanan, Ja'urs sønn, slo Lahmi, en bror av gittitten Goliat, som hadde et spyd hvis skaft var som en veverstang. |
| Rumanian | A mai fost o bqtqlie cu Filistenii. Wi Elhanan, fiul lui Iair, a ucis pe fratele lui Goliat, Lahmi din Gat, care avea o suliyq al cqrei mkner era ca un sul de yesut. |
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Misspellings | |
"Goliath" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: galliagh, Gewirth, gloath, gointuh, Gopinath, Orlaith, Vollrath. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-h-i-l-o-t" | |
-1 letter: alight, galiot, latigo. | |
-2 letters: altho, gloat, laigh, laith, lathi, light, litho, loath, logia, lotah, thiol. | |
-3 letters: agio, alit, alto, gait, gaol, ghat, gilt, glia, goal, goat, hail, halo, halt, hila, hilt, holt, iota, lath, lati, lota, loth, loti, oath, ohia, tail, tali, thio, toga, toil, tola. | |
-4 letters: ago, ail, ait, alt, gal, gat, ghi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-h-i-l-o-t" | |
+1 letter: loathing. | |
+2 letters: algorithm, loathings, logarithm. | |
+3 letters: algorithms, gastrolith, gothically, lithograph, logarithms, pathologic, tallyhoing, theologian. | |
+4 letters: algorithmic, anthologies, anthologist, anthologize, cologarithm, diphthongal, ethological, gastroliths, glutathione, granolithic, haptoglobin, hematologic, lithographs, lithography, logarithmic, mothballing, oligochaete, outlaughing, pathologies, pathologist, potlatching, theologians, theological. | |
+5 letters: anthological, anthologists, anthologized, anthologizer, anthologizes, archeologist, chlorinating, cologarithms, ethnological, flowcharting, geotechnical, glutathiones, graphologist, halogenating, halogenation, haptoglobins, hematologies, hematologist, histological, homologating, homologation, lithographed, lithographer, lithographic, lithological, mythological, oligochaetes, pathobiology, pathological, pathologists, polygraphist, triphthongal. | |
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