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Orpah

Forelock or fawn, a Moabitess, the wife of Chilion (Ruth 1:4; 4:10). On the death of her husband she accompanied Naomi, her mother-in-law, part of the way to Bethlehem, and then returned to Moab.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(a gazelle), a Moabite woman wife of Chilion son of Naomi, and thereby sister-in-law to Ruth. (Ruth 2:4,14) (B.C. 1360.)

In the Bible

2

Verses where Orpah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Ruth 1:4

    who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,

  • Ruth 1:14

    Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

Scripture on Orpah

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Entries that reference Orpah

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Orpah references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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