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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Delilah \De*li"lah\, n. The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (--Judges xvi.); hence a harlot; a temptress. Other Delilahs on a smaller scale Burns met with during his Dumfries sojourn. --J. C. Shairp From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Delilah n 1: (Old Testament) Samson's Philistine mistress who betrayed him by cutting off his hair [syn: {Delilah}] 2: a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive [syn: {enchantress}, {temptress}, {siren}, {Delilah}, {femme fatale}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Delilah languishing, a Philistine woman who dwelt in the valley of Sorek (Judg. 16:4-20). She was bribed by the "lords of the Philistines" to obtain from Samson the secret of his strength and the means of overcoming it (Judg. 16:4-18). She tried on three occasions to obtain from him this secret in vain. On the fourth occasion she wrung it from him She made him sleep upon her knees, and then called the man who was waiting to help her who "cut off the seven locks of his head," and so his "strength went from him." (See {SAMSON}.) From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Delilah, poor; small head of hair
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