Introduction
Judge and deliverer of Israel from the Book of Judges (tribe of Dan). A Nazirite from birth whose great strength is tied in the text to his uncut hair; famed for his conflicts with the Philistines and his betrayal by Delilah.
Family
This article records a figure from the Hebrew Bible's narrative genealogy of Israel, as told across the Torah and the Former Prophets. It follows the text's own presentation of events rather than adjudicating questions of historicity, which remain debated among biblical scholars and archaeologists.