Judges 16:1
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He went also into Gaza, and saw there a woman, a harlot, and went in unto her.

Gaza.

2000 inhabitants.

Genesis 10:19 And the limits of Chanaan were from Sidon as one comes to Gerara even to Gaza, until thou enter Sodom and Gomorrha, and Adama, and Seboim even to Lesa.

Joshua 15:47 Azotus with its towns and villages. Gaza with its towns and villages, even to the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea that is the border thereof.

an harlot.

Genesis 38:16-18 And going to her, he said: Suffer me to lie with thee: for he knew her not to be his daughter-in-law. And she answered: What wilt thou give me to enjoy my company? . . .

Ezra 9:1,2 And after these things were accomplished, the princes came to me, saying: The people of Israel, and the priests and Levites have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, and from their abominations, namely, of the Chanaanites, and the Hethites, and the Pherezites, and the Jebusites, and the Ammonites, and the Moabites, and the Egyptians, and the Amorrhites. . . .

Context
Samson Escapes Gaza
1He went also into Gaza, and saw there a woman, a harlot, and went in unto her.2And when the Philistines had heard this, and it was noised about among them, that Samson was come into the city, they surrounded him, setting guards at the gate of the city, and watching there all the night in silence, that in the morning they might kill him as he went out.…
Cross References
Joshua 15:47
Azotus with its towns and villages. Gaza with its towns and villages, even to the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea that is the border thereof.

Judges 16:2
And when the Philistines had heard this, and it was noised about among them, that Samson was come into the city, they surrounded him, setting guards at the gate of the city, and watching there all the night in silence, that in the morning they might kill him as he went out.

Lexicon
One day Samson
שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן (šim·šō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8123: Samson -- a deliverer of Israel

went
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

to Gaza,
עַזָּ֑תָה (‘az·zā·ṯāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5804: A Philistine city

where
שָׁם֙ (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

he saw
וַיַּרְא־ (way·yar-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

a prostitute
זוֹנָ֔ה (zō·w·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

and went in to spend the night
וַיָּבֹ֖א (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

with her.
אֵלֶֽיהָ׃ (’ê·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to


Additional Translations
One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in to her.

And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.

And Sampson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.

And Samson went to Gazah, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.

And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.

Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.

Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.

And Samson goeth to Gaza, and seeth there a woman, a harlot, and goeth in unto her;
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