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Delilah definition

De·li·lah (di lī′lə)

noun

  1. Bible the lover of Samson, who betrayed him to the Philistines: Judg. 16
  2. a seductive, treacherous woman; temptress

Etymology: Heb delīlāh, lit., delicate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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