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Orpah
Forelock or fawn, a Moabitess, the wife of Chilion (Ruth 1:4; Ruth 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.
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Ruth 1:4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
- Ruth 1:14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
