Dictionaries :: Orpah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Orpah:

forelock or fawn, a Moabitess, the wife of Chilion (Rth 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.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Orpah:

the neck or skull

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Orpah:

or'-pa (‘orpah; for meaning see below): A Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, son of Elimelech and Naomi. Unlike her sister Ru she returned to her own people after escorting Naomi on her way to Judah (Ru 1:4 ). 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."

Nave's Topical Bible

Orpah: (The Less Famous) Daughter-In-Law of Naomi

Rth 1:4, 14

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Orpah:

(a gazelle) a Moabite woman wife of Chilion son of Naomi, and thereby sister‐in‐law to Ruth (Ruth 2:4; 2:14). (B.C. 1360)