Delilah

[ dih-lahy-luh ]

/ dɪˈlaɪ lə /

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noun

Samson's mistress, who betrayed him to the Philistines. Judges 16.

a seductive and treacherous woman.

a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “delicate.”

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How to use Delilah in a sentence

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In the Bible story of Samson and Delilah, Samson wooed and won his lady with sweet-smelling almond branches.
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Upon them, at least, would not fall the ignominy of having been led into the simplest of traps by this white-faced Delilah.
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In the eyes of the schools and of the Church he had sacrificed philosophy and fame to a second Delilah.
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Delighted afresh in the picture of "Samson and Delilah," both for the painting and character of the figures.
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Behind Delilah, and grasping her arm, leans forward an old woman, with hard features full of exultation.
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Delilah was always saying that there was use for everything; Bije wished she were here, to tell him the use of witch-grass.
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British Dictionary definitions for Delilah

Delilah

/ (dɪˈlaɪlə) /

noun

Samson's Philistine mistress, who deprived him of his strength by cutting off his hair (Judges 16:4–22)

a voluptuous and treacherous woman; temptress

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