כִּלְיוֹן
kil.yon
“Chilion”
Definition
Kiljon, an Israelite
a form of H3631 (כִּלָּיוֹן);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
כִּלְיוֹן appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.
both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.
At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.