Samson
And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD,
remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only
this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the
Philistines for my two eyes....
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And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me,
and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound.
And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my
head with the web....
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Then his father and his mother said unto him, [Is there] never
a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my
people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised
Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me;
for she pleaseth me well....
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Samson, Shimshon (Hebrew: שמשון, Standard Šimšon Tiberian
Šimšôn, meaning "of the sun" – perhaps proclaiming he was
radiant and mighty – or "[One who] Serves [God]") or Shamshoun
شمشون (Arabic) or Sampson Σαμψών (Greek) is the third to last
of the Judges of the ancient Children of Israel mentioned in
the Tanakh (the Hebrew bible), and the Talm...
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sam'-sun (shimshon.
1. Name:
Derived probably from shemesh, "sun" with the diminutive
ending -on, meaning "little sun" or "sunny," or perhaps
"sun-man"; Sampson; Latin and English, Samson): His home was
near Bethshemesh, which means "house of the sun." Compare
the similar formation shimshay (Ezr 4:8,9,17,23).
2. Character:
Samson was a judge, p...
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-A judge (leader, hero) of Israel
Jud 16:31
-A Danite, son of Manoah; miraculous birth of; a Nazarite
from
his mother's womb; the mother forbidden to drink
wine or
strong drink, or to eat any ceremonially unclean
thing during
gestation
Jud 13:2-7,24,25
-Desires a Philistine woman for his wife; kills a lion
Jud 14:1-7
-His marriage feast...
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(like the sun), son of Manoah, a man of the town of Zorah
in the tribe of Dan, on the border of Judah. Jos 15:33;
19:41 (B.C. 1161). The miraculous circumstances of his birth
are recorded in Judges 13; and the three following chapters
are devoted to the history of his life and exploits. Samson
takes his place in Scripture, (1) as a judge --an ...
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of the sun, the son of Manoah, born at Zorah. The narrative
of
his life is given in Judg. 13-16. He was a "Nazarite
unto God"
from his birth, the first Nazarite mentioned in
Scripture (Judg.
13:3-5; comp. Num. 6:1-21). The first recorded event
of his life
was his marriage with a Philistine woman of Timnath
(Judg.
14:1-5). Such a marriage ...
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(See MANOAH.) ("awe inspiring".) (Judges 13:6; Judges 13:18-
20) or else "sunlike" (Gesenius): compare Judges 5:31,
"strong" (Josephus Ant. 5:8, section 4). Judge of Israel for
20 years (Judges 15:20; Judges 16:31), namely, in the Danite
region near Philistia. Judah and Dan, and perhaps all
Israel, were subject then to the Philistines (Judges 1...
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his sun; his service; there the second time...
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