Eastons Bible Dictionary

Return to Easton's Main Index	Nave's—Orpah

Orpah

Orpah—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.