כִּלְיוֹןKilyôwn
proper name, masculine: one of Naomi's sons (Ruth 1:2; Ruth 1:5; Ruth 4:9)
Pronunciation: kil-yone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3630
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Ruth 1:2 The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi. Their two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. And when they reached Moab, they settled there.
- Ruth 1:5 both Mahlon and Kilion died. This left Naomi alone, without her two sons or her husband.
- Ruth 4:9 Then Boaz said to the elders and to the crowd standing around, “You are witnesses that today I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).