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Definition of Samson
1. Noun. (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah.
2. Noun. A large and strong and heavyset man. "A thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got"
Definition of Samson
1. n. An Israelite of Bible record (see Judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength.
Definition of Samson
1. Proper noun. (biblical character) An Israelite judge in the Old Testament who performed feats of strength against the Philistines but was betrayed by Delilah his mistress. ¹
2. Proper noun. (context: by extension) Any very strong man. ¹
3. Proper noun. (Hebrew male given name). ¹
4. Proper noun. An English surname derived from the given name. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Samson
1. An Israelite of Bible record (see), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength. Samson post. A strong post resting on the keelson, and supporting a beam of the keelson, and supporting a beam of the deck; also, a temporary or movable pilar carrying a leading block or pulley for various purposes. In deepwell boring, the post which supports the walking beam of the apparatus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Samson
Literary usage of Samson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1872)
"5), it appears further that the Israelites were already subject to the Philistines
at his birth; and as samson cannot have begun to be judge before be was ..."
2. The Founders and Rulers of United Israel: From the Death of Moses to the by Charles Foster Kent (1908)
"Then samson said to the young man who held him by the hand, Put me where I may
feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean upon them. ..."
3. The Victor Book of the Opera by Henry William Simon (1915)
"Revived by Oscar Hammerstein, November 13, 1908, and again in 1911, with
Gerville-Reache, Dal mores and Dufranne. Cast of Characters samson Tenor DELILAH ..."
4. History of Friedrich the Second: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"echoed all of the rest that durst speak or echo anything : and samson is ...
His Majesty, advising of it for a moment, orders that samson be brought in with ..."
5. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical by John Nichols, Samuel Bentley (1815)
"Of samson Gideon many a story might be told that would amuse you, if some of my
old Friends and Acquaintance were in esse who well knew him; ..."
6. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1872)
"5), it appears further that the Israelites were already subject to the Philistines
at his birth; and as samson cannot have begun to be judge before be was ..."
7. The Founders and Rulers of United Israel: From the Death of Moses to the by Charles Foster Kent (1908)
"Then samson said to the young man who held him by the hand, Put me where I may
feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean upon them. ..."
8. The Victor Book of the Opera by Henry William Simon (1915)
"Revived by Oscar Hammerstein, November 13, 1908, and again in 1911, with
Gerville-Reache, Dal mores and Dufranne. Cast of Characters samson Tenor DELILAH ..."
9. History of Friedrich the Second: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"echoed all of the rest that durst speak or echo anything : and samson is ...
His Majesty, advising of it for a moment, orders that samson be brought in with ..."
10. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical by John Nichols, Samuel Bentley (1815)
"Of samson Gideon many a story might be told that would amuse you, if some of my
old Friends and Acquaintance were in esse who well knew him; ..."
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