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Orpah

Orpah proper noun: a Biblical figure, daughter-in-law of Naomi, wife of Chilion.

Proper noun

Orpah

  1. A Biblical figure, daughter-in-law of Naomi, wife of Chilion.
    • And they tooke them wiues 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 yeeres.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ruth 1:4
  2. A female given name from Hebrew.

Origin of Orpah

From Hebrew עׇרְפָּה (orpá, “neck”).

Words formed from Orpah

Questions about Orpah

What does Orpah mean?
Orpah means a Biblical figure, daughter-in-law of Naomi, wife of Chilion.
What part of speech is Orpah?
Orpah is a proper noun.

Words near Orpah in the dictionary

  1. Oroya fever
  2. oroyas
  3. Orozco
  4. Orozcos
  5. orp
  6. Orpah
  7. orpailleur
  8. orpailleurs
  9. orped
  10. orpedly
  11. orpeko

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