Judges 16:22 (DBY)

Passage

But the hair of his head began to grow after he was shaved.

Nearby Context

Judges 16:20 And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and thought, I will go out as at other times before, and disengage myself. And he knew not that Jehovah had departed from him.

Judges 16:21 And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazah, and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he had to grind in the prison-house.

Judges 16:22 But the hair of his head began to grow after he was shaved.

Judges 16:23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered together to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.

Judges 16:24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, even him who multiplied our slain.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hair", "head", "began", "grow", "after", and "shaved". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hair" and "head", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "And the Philistines seized him and put..." into verse 23's "Then the lords of the Philistines gathered...", so "hair" and "head" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hair" and "head" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.