- the giant warrior of the Philistines whom David killed with a stone from a sling. 1 Samuel 17:48–51.
- a giant.
- a very large, powerful, or influential person or thing: a neighborhood grocery competing against the supermarket goliaths.
- a Philistine giant from Gath who terrorized the Hebrews until he was killed by David with a stone from his sling (I Samuel 17)
