Delilah (Hebrew origin: Languishing)
(Judges 16:4). 12th century b.c.e.
Delilah, a Philistine, was loved by Samson. Several Philistine leaders each offered to pay her the sum of 1,100 pieces of silver if she would find out the secret of Samson's great
strength. Three times she asked Samson, and three times he gave her a false explanation. Eventually, her daily insistence broke him down, and he revealed that the real cause of his strength: never had a razor cut his hair. Delilah heard this and called the Philistine leaders, who paid her the promised sum for her betrayal. That night, she made Samson sleep upon her knees and had a man cut the seven locks of his head. Samson, having lost his strength, was easily overpowered by the Philistines. His eyes were put out, and he was thrown in prison in Gaza.
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