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ID: 901000361
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000361
Record Type: Character/Person

Delilah (Old Testament character)

Note: 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 revealing that the secret of his strength was his long hair, whereupon she took advantage of his confidence to betray him to his enemies.

Names:
Delilah (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Dalila (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
דלילה (Old Testament character) (Hebrew,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Delilah (Old Testament character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Samson and Delilah
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Life of Samson (Old Testament narrative), Samson and Delilah (Old Testament narrative)) [901001912]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... religious character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Delilah (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 85105275
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71F373 Delilah tries to find out Samson's secret
Dalila (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
דלילה (Old Testament character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delilah
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Delilah," accessed 29 June 2017
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)

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