HEBREW: 6204 hpre `Orpah
NAVE: Orpah
EBD: Orpah
SMITH: ORPAH
ISBE: ORPAH
Orpah
In Bible versions:
Orpah: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
the neck or skull
a woman of Moab; wife of Chilion son of Ruth
a woman of Moab; wife of Chilion son of Ruth
Hebrew
Strongs #06204: hpre `Orpah
Orpah = "gazelle"1) a Moabite woman, wife of Chilion, the son of Naomi, and sister-in-
law of Ruth
6204 `Orpah or-paw'
feminine of 6203; mane; Orpah, a Moabites: KJV -- Orpah.see HEBREW for 06203
Orpah [ebd]
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.
ORPAH [smith]
(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.)ORPAH [isbe]
ORPAH - or'-pa (`orpah; for meaning see below): A Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, son of Elimelech and Naomi. Unlike her sister Ruth she returned to her own people after escorting Naomi on her way to Judah (Ruth 1:4 ff). Her name is supposed to be derived from the Hebrew word for "neck" (`oreph), and so to mean "stiff-necked" because of her turning-back from following her mother-in-law; others take it to mean "gazelle."
