goliath | Definition of goliath in English at AdvanceDictionary.com

Advance Dictionary

Definition of Goliath in English :

Goliath

see synonyms of goliath

Noun

1. goliath

(Old Testament) a giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a slingshot

2. behemoth, colossus, giant, goliath, monster

someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Goliath

see synonyms of goliath

noun

Old Testament

a Philistine giant from Gath who terrorized the Hebrews until he was killed by David with a stone from his sling (I Samuel 17)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Goliath

see synonyms of goliath

noun

1. Bible

the Philistine giant killed by David with a stone shot from a sling: 1 Sam. 17:4, 49

2. [also g-]

any person, esp. an adversary, thought of as being a giant or gigantic

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Goliath

see synonyms of goliath

In the Bible, a giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a stone and sling.

n.

A person or thing of colossal power or achievement.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

WORD OF THE DAY

lea

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Recent Searches

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Notice

Message: fwrite(): write of 34 bytes failed with errno=28 No space left on device

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 263

Backtrace:

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_write_close(): Failed to write session data using user defined save handler. (session.save_path: /home/admin/tmp)

Filename: Unknown

Line Number: 0

Backtrace: