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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Orpah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Orpah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​o/orpah.html. 1897.
 
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