Bible Dictionary

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.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(a gazelle), a Moabite woman wife of Chilion son of Naomi, and thereby sister-in-law to Ruth.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

OR'PAH (fawn, or mane), the daughter-in-law of Naomi, who with Ruth accompanied her part of the way on the road to Bethlehem. Her affection, however was not so strong as Ruth's, and, kissing Naomi, she returned to her people and her gods. Ruth 1:4, 2 Kgs 22:14.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

the neck or skull