עׇרְפָּהʻOrpâh

proper name, feminine: sister-in-law of Ruth (Ruth 1:4; Ruth 1:14)

Pronunciation: or-paw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6204

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Ruth 1:4 The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later,
  • Ruth 1:14 And again they wept together, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Ruth clung tightly to Naomi.

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).