Delilah
Delilah · Delilahs
A beautiful, cunning and treacherous womanA beautiful, cunning and treacherous woman; a femme fatale.
/dɪˈlaɪlə/
» Delilah asked Samson: "Tell me, where do you get your power?"
Meaning
2 sensesA beautiful, cunning and treacherous woman; a femme fatale.
A libertine; a harlot; a woman of loose morals.
More definitions
- (Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength
- a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
Examples
4 sentencesDelilah asked Samson: "Tell me, where do you get your power?"
Delilah asked Samson: "Tell me, where do you get your strength?"
He can't find Delilah anywhere.
Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength.
Origin
Borrowed from Hebrew דְּלִילָה (d'līla, “[she who] weakened”).Borrowed from Hebrew דְּלִילָה (d'līla, “[she who] weakened”).
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Forms
plural: DelilahsSynonyms
6 synonymsfemme fatale:vamp
libertine:promiscuous woman
Close in meaning
- a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive:enchantresstemptresssirenfemme fatale