Timnite

Timnite is the designation applied to Samson's Philistine father-in-law, identifying him as a man of Timnah rather than by personal name (Judg. 15:6). After Samson abandoned his Philistine wife following the riddle dispute, his father-in-law gave her to another man. When Samson returned and discovered this, the resulting conflict — Samson's foxes and firebrands burning the Philistine crops, and the Philistines' revenge killing of the Timnite and his daughter — escalated into a cycle of retaliatory violence.

The Timnite remains an unnamed figure whose decision to give his daughter to another man (Judg. 15:2) set off the violent chain of events that culminated in the burning of the Philistine grain, vineyards, and olive orchards. His fate illustrates the tragic consequences of the cross-cultural tensions that characterized Samson's story.