Delilah

Philistine woman who betrayed Samson

A written article for Delilah is still to come. Below and alongside: where Delilah appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1200 BC
    1100 BC
  • Delilah
    c. 1100 BC

Original word

  • דְּלִילָה delilah
    H1807
Relationships
Husband: Samson
Citations
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Where Delilah appears in Scripture

Judges 16

וַֽיְהִי אַֽחֲרֵי-כֵן וַיֶּֽאֱהַב אִשָּׁה בְּנַחַל שֹׂרֵק וּשְׁמָהּ דְּלִילָֽה׃
4
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
וַתֹּאמֶר דְּלִילָה אֶל-שִׁמְשׁוֹן הַגִּֽידָה-נָּא לִי בַּמֶּה כֹּֽחֲךָ גָדוֹל וּבַמֶּה תֵֽאָסֵר לְעַנּוֹתֶֽךָ׃
6
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
וַתֹּאמֶר דְּלִילָה אֶל-שִׁמְשׁוֹן הִנֵּה הֵתַלְתָּ בִּי וַתְּדַבֵּר אֵלַי כְּזָבִים עַתָּה הַגִּֽידָה-נָּא לִי בַּמֶּה תֵּֽאָסֵֽר׃
10
And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
וַתִּקַּח דְּלִילָה עֲבֹתִים חֲדָשִׁים וַתַּֽאַסְרֵהוּ בָהֶם וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו פְּלִשְׁתִּים עָלֶיךָ שִׁמְשׁוֹן וְהָֽאֹרֵב יֹשֵׁב בֶּחָדֶר וַֽיְנַתְּקֵם מֵעַל זְרֹֽעֹתָיו כַּחֽוּט׃
12
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
וַתֹּאמֶר דְּלִילָה אֶל-שִׁמְשׁוֹן עַד-הֵנָּה הֵתַלְתָּ בִּי וַתְּדַבֵּר אֵלַי כְּזָבִים הַגִּידָה לִּי בַּמֶּה תֵּֽאָסֵר וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ אִם-תַּֽאַרְגִי אֶת-שֶׁבַע מַחְלְפוֹת רֹאשִׁי עִם-הַמַּסָּֽכֶת׃
13
And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
וַתֵּרֶא דְּלִילָה כִּֽי-הִגִּיד לָהּ אֶת-כָּל-לִבּוֹ וַתִּשְׁלַח וַתִּקְרָא לְסַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים לֵאמֹר עֲלוּ הַפַּעַם כִּֽי-הִגִּיד ‫(לה)‬ לִי אֶת-כָּל-לִבּוֹ וְעָלוּ אֵלֶיהָ סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיַּֽעֲלוּ הַכֶּסֶף בְּיָדָֽם׃
18
And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.