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Judges 16

Judg. 16:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass afterward
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
, that he loved
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
aa woman
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
βin the valley
nachal (Hebrew #5158)
or nachalah (Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28) {nakh-al-aw'}; from 5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
KJV usage: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Pronounce: nakh'-al
Origin: or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124:4) {nakh'-law}
of Sorek
Sowreq (Hebrew #7796)
a vine; Sorek, a valley in Palestine
KJV usage: Sorek.
Pronounce: so-rake'
Origin: the same as 8321
, whose name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
was Delilah
Dliylah (Hebrew #1807)
languishing
KJV usage: Delilah, a Philistine woman:--Delilah.
Pronounce: del-ee-law'
Origin: from 1809
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1 Kings 11:1• 1But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; (1 Kings 11:1)
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or, by the brook.

More on:

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Delilah,
Sorek,
Vale; Valley,
Woman

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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he loved.
1 Kings 11:1• 1But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; (1 Kings 11:1)
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Neh. 13:26• 26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. (Neh. 13:26)
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Prov. 22:14• 14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein. (Prov. 22:14)
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Prov. 23:27• 27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. (Prov. 23:27)
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Prov. 26:11• 11As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. (Prov. 26:11)
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Prov. 27:22• 22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. (Prov. 27:22)
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1 Cor. 10:6• 6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. (1 Cor. 10:6)
in the valley.
or, by the brook.
• Samson, who had hitherto only formed a passing connection with evil, now went further. {v.4} The daughter of the Philistines had been pleasing to his eye; the woman of Gaza had ensnared him for a moment; Delilah took possession of his affections. "He loved a woman in the valley of Sorek." Rossier la59972 (“Samson: Victories: Judges 15” by H.L. Rossier)
• Samson loved Delilah. His heart was divided, and God could not go on with this. It is impossible for our affections to go out to the world and likewise to God. (“Samson: Victories: Judges 15” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass afterwards that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.