Gender Feminine
Scripts דְּלִילָה (Ancient Hebrew)
Meaning & History
Means "delicate, weak, languishing" in Hebrew [1] . In the Old Testament she is the lover of Samson, whom she betrays to the Philistines by cutting his hair, which is the source of his power. Despite her character flaws, the name began to be used by the Puritans in the 17th century [2] . It has been used occasionally in the English-speaking world since that time.
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Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h1807, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h1807.
- Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford, 1990, page 81.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026