Etymology

Delilah

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Today it means: A beautiful, cunning and treacherous woman; a femme fatale. Full definition →

Hebrew דְּלִילָה
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The story

  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromדְּלִילָה“[she who] weakened”
  2. English todayDelilah

Borrowed from Hebrew דְּלִילָה (d'līla, “[she who] weakened”).

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