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Definitions of samson in various dictionaries:
noun - (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah
noun - a large and strong and heavyset man
A man of great physical strength.
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| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Sep 8 1999 New York Times |
| Feb 12 1999 Irish Times (Simplex) |
| Apr 11 1998 Irish Times (Simplex) |
| Nov 18 1997 Irish Times (Simplex) |
| Aug 25 1997 Irish Times (Simplex) |
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| This long-haired son of Manoah was always having run-ins with Philistines |
| In the Bible's Book of Judges, he carried the Gates of Gaza about 40 miles to a hilltop near Hebron |
| He easily broke the bowstrings Delilah used to bind him |
| This strongman carried the gates of Gaza about 40 miles to a hilltop named Hebron |
| He used the strength of his mind when he proposed a riddle to the Philistines in Judges 14 |
| Before this strong guv's birth, an angel came to his mother saying, "no razor shall come on his head" |
| He said, "If I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak" |
| He prayed to God for strength that "I may be at once avenged...for my two eyes" |
| He avenged his treatment by the Philistines, crashing their temple down on them |
| This strongman told the first riddle; it concerned a honey-filled lion |
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Samson (; , Shimshon, "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last of the leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution of the monarchy. He is sometimes considered to be an Israelite version of the popular Near Eastern folk hero also embodied by the Sumerian Enkidu and the Greek Heracles. * The biblical account states that Samson was a Nazirite, and that he was given immense strength to aid him against his enemies and allow him to perform superhuman feats, including slaying a lion with his bare hands and massacring an entire army of Philistines using only the jawbone of a donkey. However, if Samson's long hair was cut, then his Nazirite vow would be violated and he would lose his strength.Samson was betrayed by his lover Delilah, who ordered a servant to cut his hair while he was sleeping and turned him over to his Philistine enemies, who gouged out his eyes and forc |