Associations to the word «Goliath»

Wiktionary

GOLIATH, proper noun. A giant who, according to the Bible, was vanquished in battle with King David.
GOLIATH, proper noun. (figuratively) Any large person or thing; someone or something that is abnormally large or powerful.
GOLIATH, proper noun. A male given name
GOLIATH, noun. Alternative letter-case form of Goliath
GOLIATH BEETLE, noun. A very large cetoniid beetle of the genus Goliathus.
GOLIATH BIRDEATER, noun. Theraphosa blondi, a kind of large tarantula.
GOLIATH FROG, noun. A large anuran, Conraua goliath, from Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.

Dictionary definition

GOLIATH, noun. (Old Testament) a giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a slingshot.
GOLIATH, noun. Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats