Nave’s Topical Bible

Samson

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Samson in Easton’s Bible DictionaryWhat the word means and where it comes from
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 and the riddle propounded Jud 14:8-19
Kills thirty Philistines Jud 14:19
Wife of, estranged Jud 14:20; 15:1,2
Is avenged for the estrangement of his wife Jud 15:3-8
His great strength Jud 15:7-14; Heb 11:32
Kills one-thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey Jud 15:13-17
Miraculously supplied with water Jud 15:18,19
Cohabits with Delilah, a prostitute; her machinations with the Philistines to overcome him Jud 16:1-20
Is blinded by the Philistines and confined to hard labor in prison; pulls down the pillars of the temple, meets his death, and kills a multitude of his enemies Jud 16:21-31; Heb 11:32

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