Orpah עׇרְפָּה
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| עׇרְפָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | orpah |
| Strong's number | H6204 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a woman |
| Gloss | Orpah |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Orpah (Hebrew עׇרְפָּה, Strong's H6204) is a name of a woman in the Old Testament, glossed “Orpah”. It occurs 2 times.
Definition
A woman of the Moabites living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.4; married to Chilion (H3630)
§ Orpah = "gazelle"
a Moabite woman, wife of Chilion, the son of Naomi, and sister-in- law of Ruth
§ Orpah = "gazelle"
a Moabite woman, wife of Chilion, the son of Naomi, and sister-in- law of Ruth
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | orpah (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | orpah (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Orpah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ruth
- Ruth 1:4And 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.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 1:14And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).