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dē̇-lı̄´la (דּלידלה, delı̄laÌ„h, “dainty one,†perhaps; Septuagint ΔαλειδαÌ, DaleidaÌ, ΔαλιδαÌ, DalidaÌ): The woman who betrayed Samson to the Philistines (Jdg 16). She was presumably a Philistine, though that is not expressly stated. She is not spoken of as Samson's wife, though many have understood the account in that way. The Philistines paid her a tremendously high price for her services. The account indicates that for beauty, personal charm, mental ability, self-command, nerve, she was quite a wonderful woman, a woman to be admired for some qualities which she exhibits, even while she is to be utterly disapproved. See SAMSON.