Reference: Delilah
American
A Philistine woman, whom Samson loved, and who betrayed him to the enemies of Israel, Jg 16.
Easton
languishing, a Philistine woman who dwelt in the valley of Sorek (Jg 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 (Jg 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.)
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After this, Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in Sorek Valley.
After this, Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in Sorek Valley. The five Philistine kings said to her: Entice Samson into telling you why he is so strong and how we can overpower him. Tie him up, and make him helpless. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.
The five Philistine kings said to her: Entice Samson into telling you why he is so strong and how we can overpower him. Tie him up, and make him helpless. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver. Delilah said to Samson: Tell me what makes you so strong. How could you be subdued and tied up?
Delilah said to Samson: Tell me what makes you so strong. How could you be subdued and tied up? Samson answered: If they tie me up with seven new bowstrings that are not dried out, I'll be as weak as anybody else.
Samson answered: If they tie me up with seven new bowstrings that are not dried out, I'll be as weak as anybody else. The Philistine kings brought Delilah seven new bowstrings that were not dried out, and she tied Samson up.
The Philistine kings brought Delilah seven new bowstrings that were not dried out, and she tied Samson up. She had some men waiting in another room, so she shouted: Samson! The Philistines are coming! But he snapped the bowstrings just as thread breaks when fire touches it. They still did not know the secret of his strength.
She had some men waiting in another room, so she shouted: Samson! The Philistines are coming! But he snapped the bowstrings just as thread breaks when fire touches it. They still did not know the secret of his strength. Delilah told Samson: You made a fool of me. What is the truth? Please tell me how someone could tie you up.
Delilah told Samson: You made a fool of me. What is the truth? Please tell me how someone could tie you up. He said: If I am tied with new unused ropes I will be weak.
He said: If I am tied with new unused ropes I will be weak. Delilah tied him with new ropes. Then she shouted: Samson! The Philistines are coming! The men were waiting in another room. However he snapped the ropes off his arms like thread.
Delilah tied him with new ropes. Then she shouted: Samson! The Philistines are coming! The men were waiting in another room. However he snapped the ropes off his arms like thread. Delilah said to Samson: You still make a fool of me. What is the truth? Tell me how someone could tie you up. He told her: If you weave my seven locks of hair into a loom, and make it tight with a peg, I will be weak.
Delilah said to Samson: You still make a fool of me. What is the truth? Tell me how someone could tie you up. He told her: If you weave my seven locks of hair into a loom, and make it tight with a peg, I will be weak. Delilah lulled him to sleep. She took his seven locks of hair and wove them into the loom. She made it tight with a peg and shouted: Samson! The Philistines are coming! He woke up and pulled his hair loose from the loom.
Delilah lulled him to sleep. She took his seven locks of hair and wove them into the loom. She made it tight with a peg and shouted: Samson! The Philistines are coming! He woke up and pulled his hair loose from the loom. How can you say you love me, she asked: when you do not mean it? You have made a fool of me three times. You still have not told me what makes you strong.
How can you say you love me, she asked: when you do not mean it? You have made a fool of me three times. You still have not told me what makes you strong. She kept asking him, day after day. He got sick and tired of her nagging him.
She kept asking him, day after day. He got sick and tired of her nagging him. So finally he told her the truth: My hair has never been cut, he said: I have been dedicated to God as a Nazirite from the time I was born. I would lose my strength if my hair were cut.
So finally he told her the truth: My hair has never been cut, he said: I have been dedicated to God as a Nazirite from the time I was born. I would lose my strength if my hair were cut. When Delilah realized that he told her the truth, she sent a message to the Philistine kings: Come back one more time. He told me the truth. They came and brought the money with them.
When Delilah realized that he told her the truth, she sent a message to the Philistine kings: Come back one more time. He told me the truth. They came and brought the money with them. Delilah lulled Samson to sleep in her lap and called a man, who cut off Samson's seven locks of hair. Then she tormented him, for he had lost his strength. read more. She shouted: Samson! The Philistines are coming! He woke up and thought: I will get loose and go free, as always. He did not know that Jehovah had left him.
Fausets
("the languishing one".) A Philistine harlot, of the valley of Sorek, whom the five Philistine lords, when they found Samson loved her, bribed for 1,100 shekels each to be their political emissary, to find out from Samson the secret of his strength. On four different occasions she tempted him to tell the secret. On the third occasion Samson trifled so presumptuously with the divine gift committed to him as to suggest that his seven consecrated locks should be woven with the web; when we go to the edge of temptation our gall is near. This "languishing" prostitute, with her vile challenging of his "love," "How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me?" and by daily vexing importunity, wrung the secret from him at the fourth time.
His strength lay in dedication to God, of which his Nazarite locks were the sign. Laying down his head in her lap he lost them, and with them lost God in him, the spring of a strength which was not his own. Lust, severing from God the source of strength, makes the strongest powerless; only by waiting on the Lord, we, like Samson, renew the strength which was lost by self-indulgence and self-reliance. Contrast Da 1:8-16; Isa 40:30-31; Pr 7:6-27. So Israel, strong while faithful to Jehovah, incurs the curse which Balaam, however wishing it, could not inflict, the moment that the people commits whoredom with the daughters of Moab (Nu 25:1,6; 31:15-16).
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While Israel remained at Shittim, the people indulged in sexual immorality with the Moabite women.
While Israel remained at Shittim, the people indulged in sexual immorality with the Moabite women.
One of the Israelite men brought a Midianite woman to his brothers. He did this right in front of Moses and the entire congregation of Israel while they were crying at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
One of the Israelite men brought a Midianite woman to his brothers. He did this right in front of Moses and the entire congregation of Israel while they were crying at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
Moses asked them: Have you spared all the women? Look, these women caused the Israelites, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor. Thus the congregation of Jehovah experienced the plague.
Look, these women caused the Israelites, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor. Thus the congregation of Jehovah experienced the plague.
I looked out the window of my house. I saw among the simple ones, I discerned among the youth, a young man without understanding.
I saw among the simple ones, I discerned among the youth, a young man without understanding. He passed through the street near her corner. He went to her house.
He passed through the street near her corner. He went to her house. In the twilight, in the evening, in the darkness of the night:
In the twilight, in the evening, in the darkness of the night: He met an evil hearted woman dressed seductively like an immoral woman.
He met an evil hearted woman dressed seductively like an immoral woman. She is loud and rebellious and never stays at home.
She is loud and rebellious and never stays at home. Now in the streets and squares, she waits at every corner.
Now in the streets and squares, she waits at every corner. She put her arms around him and kissed him, and with an impudent look she said:
She put her arms around him and kissed him, and with an impudent look she said: I have peace offerings with me since I paid my vows.
I have peace offerings with me since I paid my vows. So I came to meet you and seek your presence. I found you.
So I came to meet you and seek your presence. I found you. I covered my bed with fine linen from Egypt.
I covered my bed with fine linen from Egypt. I perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
I perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Come; let us take our fill of love until morning. Let us comfort ourselves with love.
Come; let us take our fill of love until morning. Let us comfort ourselves with love. My husband is not at home. He went on a long trip.
My husband is not at home. He went on a long trip. He took a bag of money with him. He will come home at the appointed day.
He took a bag of money with him. He will come home at the appointed day. She seduced him with her persuasive words. She forced him with her flattering lips.
She seduced him with her persuasive words. She forced him with her flattering lips. He immediately goes after her. He is like a bull that goes to the slaughter. Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,
He immediately goes after her. He is like a bull that goes to the slaughter. Or as a fool to the correction of the stocks, Till a dart strikes through his liver. The bird hurries to the snare without knowing it would cost his life.
Till a dart strikes through his liver. The bird hurries to the snare without knowing it would cost his life. Listen to me dear sons and pay attention to the words of my mouth.
Listen to me dear sons and pay attention to the words of my mouth. Do not let your heart go after her ways. Do not stray in her paths.
Do not let your heart go after her ways. Do not stray in her paths. She has wounded many. Many strong men have been slain by her.
She has wounded many. Many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.
Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.
Even young people grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
Even young people grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. Those who hope in Jehovah will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary! They will walk and not be faint.
Those who hope in Jehovah will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary! They will walk and not be faint.
Daniel determined in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's special food and wine. He requested permission from the officer in charge that he might not defile himself.
Daniel determined in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's special food and wine. He requested permission from the officer in charge that he might not defile himself. God caused the officer in charge to show special favor and kindness to Daniel.
God caused the officer in charge to show special favor and kindness to Daniel. The officer in charge said to Daniel: I fear my lord the king. He has appointed your food and your drink. Why should he see your faces worse looking than other young people your age? Would you endanger my head with the king?
The officer in charge said to Daniel: I fear my lord the king. He has appointed your food and your drink. Why should he see your faces worse looking than other young people your age? Would you endanger my head with the king? Daniel answered the officer appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
Daniel answered the officer appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: Test your servants, please, for ten days. Give them vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Test your servants, please, for ten days. Give them vegetables to eat and water to drink. You compare our appearance and the appearance of the young people who eat the king's special food. Then you deal with us according to what you see.
You compare our appearance and the appearance of the young people who eat the king's special food. Then you deal with us according to what you see. So he listened to them and allowed them to prove the matter for ten days.
So he listened to them and allowed them to prove the matter for ten days. They looked better when the ten days ended! They were fairer in appearance and fatter in flesh than the young people who ate the king's special food.
They looked better when the ten days ended! They were fairer in appearance and fatter in flesh than the young people who ate the king's special food. So the steward took away their special food and wine and gave them vegetables and water.
So the steward took away their special food and wine and gave them vegetables and water.
Hastings
The Philistine woman who betrayed Samson into the hands of the Philistines. See Samson.
Morish
Delil'ah
A Philistine harlot, of the valley of Sorek, loved by Samson. She, being bribed by the Philistines, teased Samson till he told her wherein his great strength lay. Jg 16:4-18. By the great reward offered her
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After this, Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in Sorek Valley. The five Philistine kings said to her: Entice Samson into telling you why he is so strong and how we can overpower him. Tie him up, and make him helpless. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver. read more. Delilah said to Samson: Tell me what makes you so strong. How could you be subdued and tied up? Samson answered: If they tie me up with seven new bowstrings that are not dried out, I'll be as weak as anybody else. The Philistine kings brought Delilah seven new bowstrings that were not dried out, and she tied Samson up. She had some men waiting in another room, so she shouted: Samson! The Philistines are coming! But he snapped the bowstrings just as thread breaks when fire touches it. They still did not know the secret of his strength. Delilah told Samson: You made a fool of me. What is the truth? Please tell me how someone could tie you up. He said: If I am tied with new unused ropes I will be weak. Delilah tied him with new ropes. Then she shouted: Samson! The Philistines are coming! The men were waiting in another room. However he snapped the ropes off his arms like thread. Delilah said to Samson: You still make a fool of me. What is the truth? Tell me how someone could tie you up. He told her: If you weave my seven locks of hair into a loom, and make it tight with a peg, I will be weak. Delilah lulled him to sleep. She took his seven locks of hair and wove them into the loom. She made it tight with a peg and shouted: Samson! The Philistines are coming! He woke up and pulled his hair loose from the loom. How can you say you love me, she asked: when you do not mean it? You have made a fool of me three times. You still have not told me what makes you strong. She kept asking him, day after day. He got sick and tired of her nagging him. So finally he told her the truth: My hair has never been cut, he said: I have been dedicated to God as a Nazirite from the time I was born. I would lose my strength if my hair were cut. When Delilah realized that he told her the truth, she sent a message to the Philistine kings: Come back one more time. He told me the truth. They came and brought the money with them.