דְּלִילָה
de.li.lah
“Delilah”
Definition
Delilah, a Philistine woman
from H1809 (דָּלַל); languishing
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Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Feminine)
N:N-F-P
Proper Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
דְּלִילָה appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”
So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!”But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.”He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man. ”
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