HebrewH1807Proper Noun (Feminine)

דְּלִילָה

de.li.lah

6Occurrences
H1807Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Delilah, a Philistine woman

from H1809 (דָּלַל); languishing

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at ; married to Samson (H8123) § Delilah = "feeble" the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed the secret of his great strength, and by cutting his hair, enfeebled him and delivered him to the Philistines

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

דְּלִילָה appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
6

Key Passages

Judges 16:4BSB

Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

Judges 16:6BSB

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

Judges 16:10BSB

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”

Judges 16:12BSB

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.

Judges 16:13BSB

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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