What is the significance of the seven locks in the story of Samson?

Answer

Judges 16:19 tells us that that Delilah had a man come and shave off the seven braids (locks) of hair. As far as I can see, there is no significance of the number seven except that many people feel the number seven is for "perfection or completion".

Although there is no indication that God commanded Samson to tie his hair into seven locks (God only commanded that his hair not be cut ), he was a Hebrew and the significance of the number seven runs like a golden thread from Genesis to Revelation in more ways than meets the eye. For example , in the Ten Plagues that fell upon Egypt during the time of Moses, the first three affected everybody but the last seven affected only the Egyptians; and this is to be paralleled with the Seven last plagues which will accompany the Second coming of Jesus Christ. The book of Revelation is especially replete with Septimal/Septenary references; one such example is the set of the seven beatitudes (1:3;14:13;16:15;19:9;20:6;22:7;14) which are, respectively-- the seven C's if you please--"blessed" Words of Challenge,Comfort,Caution,Calling ,Conquest,Cherishing &;(ultimately)Conformity :"Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."

It appears Samson styled his hair to symbolically indicate that his power came from the creator.