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Definitions of delilah in various dictionaries:
noun - (Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength
noun - a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
In the Old Testament, a mistress of Samson who betrayed him to the Philistines by having his hair shorn while he slept, thus depriving him of his strength.
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| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Jun 3 1999 Irish Times (Simplex) |
| Nov 10 1998 New York Times |
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| In a Saint-Saens opera, Samson succumbs to the charms of this Philistine woman & ends up dead |
| Put on your Plain White T's:"Hey There _____" |
| When Samson wouldn't tell her the source of his strength, she said, "Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies" |
| After 3 attempts, she discovered the secret of Samson's strength & betrayed him to the Philistines |
| "And it came to pass" that Samson loved this "woman in the valley of Sorek" |
| There's a hair-raising--oops!--hair-cutting scene in Saint-Saens' opera about Samson & her |
| This woman is wanted in connection with stolen hair & the kidnapping of her boyfriend by Philistines |
| She commanded Samson, "Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth" |
| It really cut Samson to be betrayed by this Philistine |
| "Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth" |
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| (in the Bible) a woman who betrayed Samson to the Philistines (Judges 16) by revealing to them that the secret of his strength lay in his long hair. |
| (Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength |
| a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive |
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Delilah (; Hebrew: Dlilah, Dlila, Tiberian Hebrew Dlilah; Arabic Dalilah meaning "faithless one") is a woman mentioned in the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. She is loved by Samson, a Nazirite who possesses great strength and serves as the final Judge of Israel. Delilah is bribed by the lords of the Philistines to discover the source of his strength. After three failed attempts at doing so, she finally goads Samson into telling her that his vigor is derived from his hair. As he sleeps, Delilah orders a servant to cut Samson's hair, thereby enabling her to turn him over to the Philistines. * Delilah has been the subject of both rabbinic and Christian commentary; rabbinic literature identifies her with Micah's mother in the biblical narrative of Micah's Idol, while some Christians have compared her to Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed Jesus. Scholars have noted similarities between Delilah and other women in the Bible, such as Jael and Judith, and have disc |