See also:

• SAMSON (1135-1211)
• SAMSON (cf. Heb. shemesh, " sun ")
• SAMSON, JOSEPH ISIDORE (1793-1871)

SAMSON (cf. Heb. shemesh, " See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun ")  , in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, the antagonist of the See also:

• PHILISTINES

Philistines, reckoned as one of the " See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges " of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel (Judg. xv . 2o, xvi . 31); the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story itself (Judg. xiii . 2–xvi . 31a), however, represents him not as a See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge but as a popular See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of vast strength and sarcastic See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour . He is consecrated from his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth to he a See also:

• NAZARITE

Nazarite or religious devotee (ch. xiii., cf . See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel), and it is possible that this was conceived simply as a See also:

• VOW (Lat. votum, vow, promise: cf. VOTE)

vow of revenge, which is the meaning it would have in an Arab story (W . R . See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith) . But he is inspired by no serious religions or patriotic purpose, and becomes the enemy of the Philistines only from See also:

• PERSONAL

personal motives of revenge, the one See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion which is stronger in him than the love of See also:

• WOMEN

women . The stories of his exploits are plainly taken from the mouths of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people and have all the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of folk-tales, not unmixed with mythical motives . See also:

• SAMSON (1135-1211)
• SAMSON (cf. Heb. shemesh, " sun ")
• SAMSON, JOSEPH ISIDORE (1793-1871)

Samson commenced his career by strangling a See also:

• LION
• LION (Lat, leo, leonis; Gr. Mew)

lion on his way to visit a See also:

• PHILISTINE

Philistine woman .

On his return he found that the carcase, like the See also:

• SKULL

skull of Onesilus (See also:

• HEROD
• HEROD (surnamed THE GREAT)

Herod. v . 114), was occupied by a swarm of bees; he took the See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey and the incident suggested a riddle . The narrative of Samson's See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage and riddle is of See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar See also:

• INTEREST

interest as a See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners; specially noteworthy is the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of the wife remaining with her parents after marriage.' His next exploit, an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of revenge for the faithlessness of his wife, was to catch 300 foxes and set them loose in the See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields with firebrands tied to their tails . (Analogous customs, e.g. the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Cerealia, are referred to in G . F . See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore's Commentary, p." 341.) The Philistines retaliated by burning her and her See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household, and Samson in his turn smote them " See also:

• HIP

hip and thigh " and slew a thousand men with the jawbone of an See also:

• ASS (O.E. assa; Lat. asinus)
• ASS, FEAST OF THE

ass .2 The story has apparently been influenced by the existence of a See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock, called by See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason of its shape, " Ass's Jawbone," from which issued a See also:

• FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain called En-hakkore, " the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of the caller " (a name for the See also:

• PARTRIDGE (Du. Patrijs, Fr. perdrix, from Lat. perdix, apparently onomatopoeic from the call of the bird)
• PARTRIDGE, JOHN BERNARD (1861– )
• PARTRIDGE, WILLIAM ORDWAY (1861– )

partridge) . The well-known removal of the See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates of See also:

• GAZA (or `AllAH, mod. Ghuzzeh)
• GAZA, THEODORUS (c. 1400-1475)

Gaza to See also:

• HEBRON (mod. Khulzl er-Rahman, i.e. " the friend of the Merciful One "—an allusion to Abraham)

Hebron, 40 M. distant—" no See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey of the See also:

• SABBATH

Sabbath-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day " (See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton, Samson Agonistes)—has been rendered still more marvellous by a later exaggeration (xvi . 2) . Finally the PhiIis= tine See also:

• DELILAH

Delilah (q.v.) See also:

• WORMS

worms out of Samson the See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret of his strength, and by shaving his head3 renders him an easy See also:

• CAPTIVE (from Lat. capere, to take)

captive . He is blinded and put to See also:

• MENIAL

menial See also:

• WORK

work, and as his See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair grows again his invincible strength returns . At a festival of See also:

• DAGON

Dagon he is led out before the Philistines in the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple, and by pulling down the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house upon their heads kills more at his See also:

• DEATH

death than in all his See also:

• LIFE

life-See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . Points of similarity between Samson and the Babylonian Gilgamesh, the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• HORUS (Egyptian Hor)

Horus-Ra and See also:

• HERCULES
• HERCULES (0. Lat. Hercoles, Hercles)

Hercules, have been observed by many writers, and it has been inferred that the whole story of Samson is a See also:

• SOLAR, SOLLER (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

solar myth .

His name, and the proximity of Beth-shemesh (" house of the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun ") to his father's See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, favour the view that mythical. elements have attached themselves to what may have been originally a legendary figure of the Danites, the tribe whose subsequent fortunes ' In Judg. xiv . 1-to the narrative has been revised; originally Samson went down alone to Timnath to See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

contract his marriage . The metrical riddle and its See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer are thus translated by G . F . Moore (Sacred Books of the Old Testament: Judges): " Out of the eater came something to eat, And out of the strong came something sweet." " If with my See also:

• HEIFER

heifer ye did not plough, Ye had not found out my riddle, I'trow." No doubt the See also:

• HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE

Hebrews, like the See also:

• ARABS

Arabs, were fond of enigmas; see 1 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings x . 1, and Ency . Biblica, s.v . " Riddle." 2 The punning See also:

• COUPLET

couplet of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original is thus rendered by G . F . Moore: ` with the jawbone of an ass, I assailed my assailants " (more literally " I piled them in heaps," or perhaps " flayed them clean ") . 3 For the hair as the seat of strength cf . J .

G . Frazer, See also:

• GOLDEN

Golden Bough ,2 iii . 390 seq . In ch. xiii. the See also:

• CONSECRATION (Lat. consecrallo, from con and sacrare, " to make sacred ")

consecration of the hair is regarded differently . neighbouring See also:

• TOWN

town of Cornigliano is a See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, where See also:

• MASSENA, ANDRE, or ANDREA

Massena signed the See also:

• CAPITULATION (Lat. capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms)

capitulation of See also:

• GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa .