HebrewH6204Proper Noun (Feminine)
עׇרְפָּה
or.pah
“Orpah”
2Occurrences
H6204Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Orpah, a Moabites
feminine of H6203 (עֹרֶף); mane;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman of the Moabites living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at ; married to Chilion (H3630) § Orpah = "gazelle" a Moabite woman, wife of Chilion, the son of Naomi, and sister-in- law of Ruth
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Feminine)
Morphology Code
N:N-F-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
עׇרְפָּה appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Ruth
2
Key Passages
Ruth 1:4BSB
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 1:14BSB
Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
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