Delilah: Meaning and Definition of

De•li•lah

Pronunciation: (di-lī'lu), [key]
— n.
  1. Samson's mistress, who betrayed him to the Philistines. Judges 16.
  2. a seductive and treacherous woman.
  3. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “delicate.”
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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