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Delilah , in the Book of Judges, courtesan in the pay of the Philistines, perhaps a Philistine herself, who was loved by Samson . She learned that his strength lay in his long hair and betrayed him to his enemies by cutting it off.

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Delilah in the Bible, a woman who betrayed her husband Samson to the Philistines by revealing to them that the secret of his strength lay in his long hair.

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Delilah Philistine woman in the Old Testament (Judges 16). The mistress of Samson, she betrayed him to the Philistines by cutting his hair, the source of his strength, while he slept.

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