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Look up: Delilah

  1. Delilah
    [n] - (Old Testament) Samson`s Philistine mistress who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength
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  2. Delilah
    In the Old Testament, the Philistine mistress of Samson. Following instructions from the lords of the Philistines she sought to find the source of Samson's great strength. When Samson eventually...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  3. Delilah
    De·li'lah noun The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him ( Judges xvi. ); hence, a harlot; a temptress. « Other Delilahs on a smaller scale Burns met with during his Dumfries sojourn.» J. C. Shairp.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/29

  4. Delilah
    noun (Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. Delilah
    `Delilah` or , was the `woman in the valley of Sorek` whom Samson loved, and who was his downfall, in the Hebrew Bible `Book of Judges` (Chapter 16). `Samson loved Delilah, she betrayed him, and, what is worse, she did it for money`, Madlyn Kahr began her study of the Delilah motif in European painting.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delilah

  6. Delilah
    • (n.) The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence, a harlot; a temptress.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Delilah
    in the Old Testament, the central figure of Samson`s last love story (Judges 16). She was a Philistine who, bribed to entrap Samson, coaxed him into ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/27

  8. Delilah
    Delilah is a Hebrew girl name. The meaning of the name is `delicate, amorous ` Where is it used? The name Delilah is mainly used In the bible and In English. Delilah appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 298.. 2007 was a `top year` for the name Delilah. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #298. Our reco
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Del

  9. Delilah
    Delilah (dilī'lu) , in the Book of Judges, courtesan in the pay of the Philistines, perhaps a Philistine herself, who was loved by Samson. She learned that his strength lay in his long hair and betrayed him to his enemies by cutting it off.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08


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21 November 2009

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On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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