Definition: Meaning of, David, King in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ ˈdeɪvɪd kɪŋ /
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(died around 962 BC) in the Old Testament of the Bible, one of the Kings of Israel. When David was a boy, he killed the GIANT (=a very tall, strong man) GOLIATH by hitting him on the head with a stone thrown from his SLING . People sometimes use the names David and GOLIATH to describe a situation in which a small and less powerful person or group is fighting a much larger and more powerful person or group.