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De·li·lah
/dɪˈlaɪlə/
黛利拉,妖婦,不忠實的女人
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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) 2.0
Delilah
n
1: (
Old
Testament
)
the
Philistine
mistress
of
Samson
who
betrayed
him
by
cutting
off
his
hair
and
so
deprived
him
of
his
strength
2:
a
woman
who
is
considered
to
be
dangerously
seductive
[
syn
:
enchantress
,
temptress
,
siren
,
femme fatale
]
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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)
Delilah
,
poor
;
small
;
head
of
hair
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