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I found, lying in a local synagogue's bes midrash room, a card that looks as though it came from a children's Judaism-trivia game. It had four questions on it, and, on the reverse side, their answers. One question was (if I recall the wording precisely):

Who was the strongest person in the Bible?

The answer given was Shimshon.

He is, of course, described as strong (Shof'tim 14–16). But so are B'nayahu (Sh'muel 23:20–23), Aharon (Bamidbar 8:11), and others. Do we have any tradition, or is there any evidence, as to who was strongest?

(I assume physical strength was meant by the game manufacturer: at any rate, that's what I'm referring to. Not, for example, strength of character.)

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He fulfilled the verse in the torah "one of you will destroy 1000" (Joshua 23:10) when he slew 1000 plishtim in one battle

no one else in the tanach was able to do this.even the elite of David as mentioned in Shmuel II 23, only managed to reach 800 plishtim in one battle

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Nimrod, Gidon, Yiftach, David, and Yeravam are all called Gibor in the pesukim. – Double AA Jan 14 at 7:19
Also, the real singular HaGibor is God. – Double AA Jan 14 at 7:21
yes, but not refered to as HaGibor. as he's mentioned in chazal – R.S. Jan 14 at 7:21
Where is Shimshon referred to as such? I don't see it in all of Sefer Shoftim. Search it here: mechon-mamre.org/i/t/t07.htm – Double AA Jan 14 at 7:22
Please tell me where in Chazal he is mentioned as such. – Double AA Jan 14 at 7:59
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