Delilah

English Samson and Delilah Q937827 Etymology Borrowed from en he דְּלִילָה d'līla [she who] weakened. Pronunciation en /dɪˈlaɪlə/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Delilah.wav US Proper noun en Q937827 en biblical character The mistress of Samson who betrayed him to the Philistines. : Judges 16:6: And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. en female Hebrew of Biblical origin. I 1 220 "Leila!" she said enigmatically. "Have you seen her?" / "I went to her flat last week with Dad—he likes her." / "Delilah is her real name, you know. All men like her. And Captain Fort is her lover." Translations biblical mistress of Samson Afrikaans: af Delilla Arabic: ar دَلِيلَة f Catalan: ca Dalila f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 大利拉 Danish: da Dalila Dutch: nl Delila Finnish: fi Delila French: fr Dalila German: de Delila Greek: el Δαλιδά Ancient Greek: grc Δαλιλᾶ f Hebrew: he דְּלִילָה f d'līla Italian: it Dalila f Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Delîla m f Latin: la Dalila Norwegian: no Dalila Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira دَلیلِه Classical Persian: fa-cls دَلِیلَه Portuguese: pt Dalila f Romanian: ro Dalila f Romansh: rm Dalila f Russian: ru Дали́ла f Spanish: es Dalila f Swedish: sv Delila Tajik: tg Далила Urdu: ur دَلِیلَہ f Noun A beautiful, cunning and treacherous woman; a femme fatale. en 1820 Sir Walter Scott Ivanhoe He shall burst the bands of this Delilah, as Sampson burst the two new cords with which the Philistines had bound him, and shall slaughter the infidels, even heaps upon heaps. But concerning this foul witch, who hath flung her enchantments over a brother of the Holy Temple, assuredly she shall die the death. en 1840 1872 w:William Makepeace Thackeray The Fashionable Authoress The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray Boston James R. Osgood & Company 9 https://archive.org/details/bookofsnobssketc00thac 341–342 Down with this Delilah! Avaunt, O Circe, giver of poisonous feeds. To your natural haunts, ye gentlemen of the press! if bachelors, frequent your taverns, and be content. A libertine; a harlot; a woman of loose morals. en 1908-03-11 Truth Notes from Paris 168 About twenty-three years ago the town talked about Richepin having deserted hearth and home, wife and child, to devote himself to a Delilah in the person of a famous actress. Synonyms femme fatale en vamp libertine en promiscuous woman Anagrams en adehill hide-all en eponyms