Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Dalila bound him again with these, and cried out: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson, there being an ambush prepared for him in the chamber. But he broke the bands like threads of webs. Context Samson and Delilah…11And he answered her: If I shall be bound with new ropes, that were never in work, I shall be weak and like other men. 12Dalila bound him again with these, and cried out: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson, there being an ambush prepared for him in the chamber. But he broke the bands like threads of webs.13And Dalila said to him again: How long dost thou deceive me, and tell me lies? Shew me wherewith thou mayest be bound. And Samson answered her: If thou plattest the seven locks of my head with a lace, and tying them round about a nail, fastenest it in the ground, I shall be weak.… Cross References Judges 16:11 And he answered her: If I shall be bound with new ropes, that were never in work, I shall be weak and like other men. Judges 16:13 And Dalila said to him again: How long dost thou deceive me, and tell me lies? Shew me wherewith thou mayest be bound. And Samson answered her: If thou plattest the seven locks of my head with a lace, and tying them round about a nail, fastenest it in the ground, I shall be weak. Lexicon So Delilahדְּלִילָה֩ (də·lî·lāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1807: Delilah -- Philistine mistress of Samson took וַתִּקַּ֣ח (wat·tiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take new חֲדָשִׁ֜ים (ḥă·ḏā·šîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2319: New ropes, עֲבֹתִ֨ים (‘ă·ḇō·ṯîm) Noun - common plural Strong's Hebrew 5688: Something intwined, a string, wreath, foliage tied him up, וַתַּאַסְרֵ֣הוּ (wat·ta·’as·rê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 631: To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle and called out, וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (wat·tō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say “Samson, שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן (šim·šō·wn) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8123: Samson -- a deliverer of Israel the Philistines are פְּלִשְׁתִּ֤ים (pə·liš·tîm) Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia here!” עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ (‘ā·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against But while the men וְהָאֹרֵ֖ב (wə·hā·’ō·rêḇ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 693: To lie in wait were hidden יֹשֵׁ֣ב (yō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in her room, בֶּחָ֑דֶר (be·ḥā·ḏer) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2315: A chamber, room he snapped וַֽיְנַתְּקֵ֛ם (way·nat·tə·qêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5423: To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off the ropes off מֵעַ֥ל (mê·‘al) Preposition-m Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against his arms זְרֹעֹתָ֖יו (zə·rō·‘ō·ṯāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2220: The arm, the foreleg, force like a thread. כַּחֽוּט׃ (ka·ḥūṭ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2339: A string, a measuring tape Additional Translations So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread.Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, The Philistines be on you, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread. So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them off his arms like a thread. And Dalida took new ropes, and bound him with them, and the liers in wait came out of the chamber, and she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Sampson: and he broke them off his arms like a thread. And Delilah took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! Now there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread. So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And the liers in wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him with them, and said to him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. (And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber.) And he broke them from off his arms like a thread. So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" The ambush was waiting in the inner room. He broke them off his arms like a thread. And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, 'Philistines are upon thee, Samson;' and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread. Jump to Previous Abiding Ambush Arms Bound Brake Broke Chamber Cords Delilah Deli'lah Hidden Inner Knotting Liers New Philistines Room Ropes Round Samson Secretly Snapped Therewith Thick Thread Threads Tied Tightly Wait WaitingJump to Next Abiding Ambush Arms Bound Brake Broke Chamber Cords Delilah Deli'lah Hidden Inner Knotting Liers New Philistines Room Ropes Round Samson Secretly Snapped Therewith Thick Thread Threads Tied Tightly Wait WaitingExternal Links Judges 16:12 NIVJudges 16:12 NLT Judges 16:12 ESV Judges 16:12 NASB Judges 16:12 ASV Judges 16:12 Bible Apps Judges 16:12 Biblia Paralela Judges 16:12 Chinese Bible Judges 16:12 French Bible Judges 16:12 German Bible Alphabetical: a and are arms as bound But called Delilah For from he hidden him his if in inner like lying men new off Philistines room ropes said Samson she snapped So the them Then they thread threads tied to took upon wait were with you OT History: Judges 16:12 So Delilah took new ropes and bound (Jd Judg. 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