Delilah (novel)
WordNet
noun
(1) A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
(2) (Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
- The mistress of Samson who betrays him to the Philistines.
- A beautiful, cunning and treacherous woman; a femme fatale.
- Though she is somewhat of a Delilah, she is still considered the heroine of the novel.
- of biblical origin.
Quotations
: 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.