"Goliath Goliath is described in the biblical Book of Samuel as a Philistine giant defeated by the young David in single combat. The story signified Saul's unfitness to rule, as Saul himself should have fought for the Kingdom of Israel. The phrase ""David and Goliath"" (or ""David versus Goliath"") has taken on a more popular meaning, denoting an underdog situation, a contest where a smaller, weaker opponent faces a much bigger, stronger adversary. Saul and the Israelites are facing the Philistines in the Valley of Elah. Twice a day for 40 days, morning and evening, Goliath, the champion of the"
"Goliaths believe that the shape of these markings reflects the destiny of an individual. Male Goliaths are usually bald, while females have long hair, usually brown, which they grow and braid to a great length. Goliaths generally live in mountainous areas, sometimes in small tribes atop the mountains, sometimes in caves alongside Dwarves. They can choose either Giant or Dwarven as a second language to reflect these two possible backgrounds. Despite their relationship to Giants, the two races share a great deal of enmity. Giants often make slaves of Goliaths, on the grounds that Goliaths are tougher than humans, and"
"from them. In the 540s, they played a major role in the tribal wars against the Byzantines, until finally defeated by John Troglita. Procopius of Caesarea (""Vandalic War"" II.21.2 & II.28.47) calls them the Leuathae (), while Flavius Cresconius Corippus calls them Ilaguas and Laguantan. According to Corippus, they were still pagan, and worshipped Gurzil, who is identified as the son of Amun and of a cow (""Iohannis"" II.109–110). During the Islamic Middle Ages, Ibn Khaldun recorded that this tribal group were known as the Lawata or Louata, and was spread from the oases of Egypt's Western Desert through Cyrenaica,"
"giant Goliath, while still calling him David. In 2 Samuel 21:19 he is called Elhanan. ""Jew"" originally meant a person from the nation of Judah (called ""Judea"" by the Roman Empire), which came into existence after the reign of King Solomon, when the nation of Israel was divided in two. Those from Israel prior to then -- the Hebrew slaves in Egypt, as well as the Patriarchs from whom they descended –- were not ""Jews"" in this technical sense, but Jewish historians still refer to these earlier ancestors as Jews. The inhabitants of places prior to colonization can take on"
"Goliath (Marvel Comics) Goliath is a superhero comic book identity in Marvel Comics. The Goliath identity has been used by various superheroes. Henry ""Hank"" Pym was the first to adopt the Goliath name. Clinton ""Clint"" Barton is better known as the superhero Hawkeye; he used the Pym size-changing gas to adopt the Goliath powers and identity shortly after Hank Pym was Yellowjacket. He remained Goliath through the Kree-Skrull War, and briefly resumed using the identity during """". Dr. William ""Bill"" Foster was Pym's lab assistant, an African American who had an equally brief career as the Black Goliath and Giant-Man"
"goliath barbarian appeared in the ""Deathknell"" set (2005), and the goliath cleric of Kavaki appeared in the ""War of the Dragon Queen"" set (2006). Goliath (Dungeons & Dragons) Goliaths are a race related to the giants, in the ""Dungeons & Dragons"" fantasy role-playing game. Goliaths were introduced as a playable race in the 3.5e book ""Races of Stone"" (2004). Goliaths appeared as a playable race in the 4th edition ""Player's Handbook 2"". Goliaths appeared as a playable race in the 5th edition ""Elemental Evil Player's Companion"". They are the largest and heaviest of the playable races (but still classified as"
"(, ) of the antediluvian age. Joshua finally expelled them from the land, except for some that found a refuge in the Philistine cities of Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod (), thus the Philistine giants (Goliath) whom David encountered (2 Samuel 21:15-22 ) were descendants of the Anakim. Anakim Anakim ( ""‘Ǎnāqîm "") were described as a race of giants, descended from Anak, according to the Tanakh. They were said to have lived in the southern part of the land of Canaan, near Hebron (Gen. 23:2; Josh. 15:13). According to they inhabited the region later known as Edom and Moab in"
"the leader of the Manhattan Clan. He is characterized as a strong, intelligent character with a firm sense of morality and has a short temper. Goliath had been named after the Bible giant Goliath by his human protectors some time before the beginning of the series—itself set in the concluding years of the 10th century on the coast of medieval Scotland — making him the only gargoyle character to have a name before their 1,000-year-long stone sleep (since Gargoyles themselves as a race never saw the point of having names). His relationship with other members of his clan, other Gargoyles"
"""Thrill of the Hunt"" featured Goliath with Lexington, ""Temptation"" with Brooklyn, ""Deadly Force"" with Broadway, and ""Long Way To Morning"" with Hudson. Goliath hatched in 938 and was the head of his clan at Scotland Castle Wyvern in 994. Like the rest of the clan, he faced prejudice from the human residents of the castle; the ex-friend regards Goliath as a mighty warrior, but Princess Katharine reminds him that the original Goliath was a ""bully and a savage"", even though the gargoyle was neither. Her father, Prince Malcolm had named him years before. In this time, he had mated with"
"Goliath (Dungeons & Dragons) Goliaths are a race related to the giants, in the ""Dungeons & Dragons"" fantasy role-playing game. Goliaths were introduced as a playable race in the 3.5e book ""Races of Stone"" (2004). Goliaths appeared as a playable race in the 4th edition ""Player's Handbook 2"". Goliaths appeared as a playable race in the 5th edition ""Elemental Evil Player's Companion"". They are the largest and heaviest of the playable races (but still classified as Medium-sized creatures), standing over 7 feet tall and weighing over 300 pounds. Goliaths have blueish-grey skin, which is covered in mottled blue markings; most"
"there are of great size. We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.” However, the Book of Joshua, describing the actual conquest of Canaan in a later generation, makes no reference to such people living there. The Bible also tells of Gog and Magog, who later entered European folklore, and of the famous battle between David and the Philistine Goliath. While Goliath is often portrayed as a giant in retellings of the Biblical narrative, he is much smaller than other"
"supposed to be the obvious challenger for Goliath, yet, David is the one who eventually defeated him. Also, Saul's armour and weaponry are apparently no worse than Goliath's (and David, of course, refuses Saul's armour in any case). ""David declares that when a lion or bear came and attacked his father's sheep, he battled against it and killed it, [but Saul] has been cowering in fear instead of rising up and attacking the threat to his sheep (i.e. Israel)."" 2 Samuel 21:19 tells how Goliath the Gittite was killed by ""Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite."" According to Baruch"
"Gilead (tribal group) Gilead was a tribal group mentioned in Biblical passages which textual scholars attribute to early sources. In these sources, for example the Song of Deborah, the Gilead group is treated with equal status to the other Israelite tribes, while certain other tribes, including the Tribe of Manasseh, are absent. An eponymous ""Gilead"" is mentioned in the biblical genealogies as a descendant of Manasseh, presumably implying that the ""Gilead"" group was part of Manasseh, and since ""Gilead"" is also the name of a specific part of the land east of the Jordan River, the ""Gilead"" tribal group presumably"
"with Ithaqua. They might also be further linked with Rhan-Tegoth and Aphoom-Zhah. Gnophkeh The Gnophkehs are a fictional race in the Cthulhu Mythos. They are humanoid cannibals described as being covered in coarse, matted hair with large protruding ears and proboscidean noses. They originally lived in Hyperborea and worshiped the Great Old One Rhan-Tegoth. But Rhan-Tegoth eventually forgot them when he entered a stone-like hibernation state. They were invaded and driven to the land of Lomar by the Tsathoggua-worshipping Voormis. ""The papyrus reputedly preserved the darkest secrets of the occult wisdom of the detested Gnophkehs, which name denoted the repulsively"
"in chapter 2 of the Qur'an (2: 247–252), in the narrative of David and Saul's battle against the Philistines. Called """" in Arabic (""""), Goliath's mention in the Quran is concise, though it remains a parallel to the account in the Hebrew Bible. Muslim scholars have tried to trace Goliath's origins, most commonly with the Amalekites. Goliath, in early scholarly tradition, became a kind of byword or collective name for the oppressors of the Israelite nation before David. Muslim tradition sees the battle with the Philistines as a prefiguration of Muhammad's battle of Badr, and sees Goliath as parallel to"
"Hobbit Hobbits are a fictional, diminutive, humanoid race who inhabit the lands of Middle-earth in J. R. R. Tolkien’s fiction. They are also referred to as Halflings. Hobbits first appeared in the novel ""The Hobbit"", whose titular hobbit is the protagonist Bilbo Baggins. The novel ""The Lord of the Rings"" includes as major characters the hobbits Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Peregrin Took, and Meriadoc Brandybuck, as well as several other minor hobbit characters. Hobbits are also briefly mentioned in ""The Silmarillion"" and ""Unfinished Tales"". According to the author in the prologue to ""The Lord of the Rings"", hobbits are ""relatives"""
"traits belong to Gollum, who should never be confused with Sméagol. Sméagol would never dream of wielding power over those weaker than himself. He is not a bully. In fact, he is very loveable."" Elijah Wood, who portrayed Frodo in Jackson's films, called the incident ""horrifying"". Gollum Gollum is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He was introduced in the 1937 fantasy novel ""The Hobbit"", and became an important supporting character in its sequel, ""The Lord of the Rings"". Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit of the River-folk, who lived near the Gladden Fields. Originally known as Sméagol,"
"Tripolitania to south and central Tunisia and eastern Algeria. Laguatan Laguatan was a Berber nation that inhabited the Cyrenaica area during the Roman period. They have been described as primarily raiders and nomadic, but others consider them a settled group who also raided. The Laguatan emerged in the late 3rd century, when the first groups started a westward migration from their original homes in the Libyan Desert. Under the label of Austuriani (probably reflecting a then-dominant sub-tribe) they are recorded as raiding the Cyrenaica and Tripolitania in the 4th century, and in the 520s, under their leader Cabaon, they scored"
"Canaanite tribe as encountered by Abraham and his family. The names of these Hittites are for the most part of a Semitic type; for example Ephron at etc., Judith at and Zohar at . These were presumably the Hittites who were subject to Solomon (, , ) and who were elsewhere in conflict with the Israelites (, ). They were a small group living in the hills, and clearly to be distinguished from the Hittites of the Anatolian Kingdom. But there are other biblical references which are not compatible with the notion of a small Canaanite hill tribe. Most notable"
"Warlock, Death Knight, and Monk. Introduced in """", the goblins are diminutive, green-skinned humanoids native to Azeroth. Early in their history, goblins were an unintelligent race used as slave labor by a tribe of trolls on their home island of Kezan. Constant exposure to a rare ore called Kajamite caused them to develop into a hyper-intelligent race that soon overthrew their masters and created a new civilization. However, the supplies of the ore were eventually exhausted and facing a slow loss of their intelligence, the goblins took to trade and exploration in search of new deposits. During the Second War,"
"biblical giants. The 1st-century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, and the 1st-2nd-century BC Dead Sea Scrolls give Goliath's height as ""four cubits and a span,"" approximately 2.00 m or about six feet seven inches. The King James translation of the Bible reports the giant Goliath as ""six cubits and a span"" in height—about nine feet nine inches tall, (over 2.75 m) ( KJV), but the Septuagint, a Greek Bible, gives Goliath's height as ""four cubits and a span"" (~2.00 m). For comparison, the Anakites are described as making the Israelites seem like grasshoppers. See also Gibborim. Josephus also described the Amorites"
"sisters. Orpah was said to have made a pretense of accompanying Ruth but after forty paces left her. Thereafter she led a dissolute life. According to the Jerusalem Talmud Goliath was born by polyspermy, and had about one hundred fathers. The Talmud stresses Goliath's ungodliness: his taunts before the Israelites included the boast that it was he who had captured the Ark of the Covenant and brought it to the temple of Dagon; and his challenges to combat were made at morning and evening in order to disturb the Israelites in their prayers. His armour weighed 60 tons, according to"
"Gnophkeh The Gnophkehs are a fictional race in the Cthulhu Mythos. They are humanoid cannibals described as being covered in coarse, matted hair with large protruding ears and proboscidean noses. They originally lived in Hyperborea and worshiped the Great Old One Rhan-Tegoth. But Rhan-Tegoth eventually forgot them when he entered a stone-like hibernation state. They were invaded and driven to the land of Lomar by the Tsathoggua-worshipping Voormis. ""The papyrus reputedly preserved the darkest secrets of the occult wisdom of the detested Gnophkehs, which name denoted the repulsively hirsute cannibals whom Yhemog's ancestors had driven into exile in the arctic"
"Titan, a Greek mythological giant, and including Gigantus, after whom giants and gigantism are named. Rhodes is another island where giants were said to have lived, with the Colossus of Rhodes, a giant statue of a giant patron god Helios. Goliath, a giant mentioned in the Bible, was a Philistine warrior who was killed by David in the war between the Israelites and the Philistines. A member of Goliath's family is also recorded as having six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. Gigantism Gigantism, also known as giantism (from Greek γίγας, ""gígas"", ""giant"", plural γίγαντες, ""gígantes""),"
"Elhanan, son of Dodo The Biblical Elhanan was the son of Dodo (2 Samuel 23:24, 1 Chronicles 11:26). He was a member of King David’s elite fighters known as The Thirty. Some, including Moshe Garsiel, believe he was in fact the same person as the Elhanan mentioned in 2 Samuel 21:19 and 1 Chronicles 20:5, the son of Jair from Bethlehem, and that the Bible is crediting him as the killer of Goliath. Garsiel concludes ""that Elhanan is David’s previous name before he became king."" Moreover, the Hebrew names David and Dodo are very similar, and were originally written without"
"similar name, Uliat, is also attested in Carian inscriptions. Aren Maeir, director of the excavation, comments: ""Here we have very nice evidence [that] the name Goliath appearing in the Bible in the context of the story of David and Goliath … is not some later literary creation."" According to the Babylonian Talmud (Sotah 42b) Goliath was a son of Orpah, the sister-in-law of Ruth, David's own great grandmother (Ruth → Obed → Jesse → David). Ruth Rabbah, a haggadic and homiletic interpretation of the Book of Ruth, makes the blood-relationship even closer, considering Orpah and Ruth to have been full"
"Tribe of Benjamin According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin (Hebrew: שֵׁבֶט בִּנְיָמִֽן, ""Shevet Binyamin"") was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the patriarch Jacob and his wife Rachel. In the Samaritan Pentateuch the name appears as ""Binyamīm"" (). The Tribe of Benjamin, located to the north of Judah but to the south of the northern Kingdom of Israel, is significant in biblical narratives as a source of various Israelite leaders including the first Israelite king, Saul, as well as earlier tribal leaders in the period of the"
"in their ancestry. The Gibberlings are a mass of pale, hunchbacked humanoids with pointed ears, black manes, and grinning faces. The Githyanki are a race of humanoids that are related to the Githzerai. The Githzerai are extraplanar humanoids that reside on the Plane of Limbo. The Gnolls are a humanoid race with hound-like muzzles and low intellect. The Goliaths are a 7 ft. race of humanoids that are related to the Giants. The Gripplis are a race of humanoid tree frogs. The Half-Elves are a race of creatures that are a result of a union between an Elf and a"
"disillusion with King Saul. His features resembled those Samuel had first seen in Saul and Samuel may have considered him a 'fit successor' to Saul. However, God told Samuel that Eliab did not have the proper heart to be king of Israel: Samuel went on to consider each of Eliab's brothers in turn. Some commentators have suggested that Eliab was rejected because of his temper, as he argued with David before David went to fight Goliath, accusing David of pride and insolence. Eliab Eliab, the son of Helon, was one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel and a"
"Doriath In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, Doriath is a forest realm of the Sindar in Beleriand ruled by King Thingol and his queen Melian. It serves as a principal stage for the stories of the First Age, such as The Tale of Beren and Lúthien from ""The Lays of Beleriand"", and parts of ""The Children of Húrin"" and ""The Silmarillion"". It is called the ""Fenced Land"" because of a girdle of enchantment Melian put about it, allowing none to enter the kingdom without her leave or Thingol's. Doriath (Dôr Iâth, meaning Land of the Fence) was a land"
"Valley of Elah The Valley of Elah, Ella Valley, ""the valley of the terebinth"" ( ""Emek HaElah""; , ""Wadi es-Sunt""), so called after the large and shady terebinth trees (""Pistacia atlantica"") which are indigenous to its parts, and best known as the place described in the Bible where the Israelites were encamped when David fought Goliath (1 Sam. 17:2, 19). It was near Azekah and Socho (17:1). On the west side of the valley, near Socho, there is a very large and ancient tree of this kind, 55 feet in height, its trunk 17 feet in circumference, and the breadth"
"fire'."" One major variant within the Samuel text is in 1 Samuel 17:4. While both the original Septuagint and Josephus’ writings attributed only four cubits and a span (about 6’9’’) to Goliath’s height, the Masoretic Text recorded Goliath’s height as six cubits (9’). The Septuagint writes, ""καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἀνὴρ δυνατὸς ἐκ τῆς παρατάξεως τῶν ἀλλοφύλων Γολιὰθ ὄνομα αὐτῶν ἐκ Γέθ, ὕψος αὐτοῦ τεσσάρων πήχεων καὶ σπιθαμῆς·"" The translation of this verse reads, ""And there went forth a mighty man out of the army of the Philistines, Goliath, by name, out of Geth, his height [was] four cubits and a span.""."
"Realm, where with his small minority of Sindar nobles, he ruled over a predominantly Silvan population. Oropher was killed in the Battle of Dagorlad, and was succeeded by his son Thranduil, father of Legolas. Sindar In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the fictional Sindar (meaning ""Grey People"", singular ""Sinda"", although the latter term was not generally used by Tolkien) are Elves of Telerin descent. They are also known as the Grey Elves. Their language is Sindarin. The King of Doriath, Elu Thingol (Elwë) was the King of the Sindar. The Sindar were happy in Middle-earth, but once the"