Σαμψών
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (Strong)
of Hebrew origin (שִׁמְשׁוֹן); Sampson (i.e. Shimshon), an Israelite: Samson.
English (Thayer)
(שִׁמְשׁון from שֶׁמֶשׁ, 'sun-like', cf. Hebrew אִישׁון from אִישׁ) (Buttmann, 15 (14)), ὁ, Samson (Vulg. Samson), one of the Israelite judges (שֹׁפְטִים), famous for his strength and courage, the Hebrew Hercules (cf. BB. DD.; McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia, <TOPIC:SAMSON> under the word 2,4; especially Orelli in Herzog edition 2, under the word Simson) (Judges 13ff): Hebrews 11:32.
