Judges 16:7 meaning and explanation

Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”

Judges 16:7, Berean Standard Bible

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Samson is speaking to Delilah in her house in the Valley of Sorek, where the Philistine lords have paid her to discover the secret of his strength. His answer is a deliberate misdirection: seven fresh bowstrings, still damp and pliable, could never hold a man of his power.

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