Filistijnse reus in de Bijbel (6x: 1 Sam. 17:4 +, 2 Sam. 21:19, 1 Kron. 20:5); in de schrijfwijze van de Nederlandse Bijbelvertalingen sinds de tweede helft van de 20e eeuw
köken: Uncertain, ostensibly borrowed from Philistine. Has been connected to names such as Ancient Greek Ἀλυάττης (Aluáttēs) from Lydian 𐤥𐤠𐤩𐤥𐤤𐤯𐤤𐤮 (walwetes), via Philistine 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤕 (ʾlwt) and/or 𐤅𐤋𐤕 (wlt), which are thought to be names. Alternatively, Thomas Schneider proposes a Greek etymology for the name with two possible etymons * From an unattested Greek name *Γαϝλαϝιτας (*Gawlawitas), “he who…