Hebrew word · H3630

כִּלְיוֹן

lekhilyon

Chilion

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2;

son of: Elimelech (H0458) and Naomi (H5281);

brother of: Mahlon (H4248); married to Orpah (H6204)

§ Chilion = "pining"

an Ephraimite and son of Elimelech by Naomi and the deceased husband of Ruth (or maybe deceased husband of Orpah)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ruth · 3

  1. Ruth 1:2 וְכִלְיוֹן֙ and Kilion

    The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.

  2. Ruth 1:5 וְכִלְי֑וֹן and Kilion

    both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.

  3. Ruth 4:9 לְכִלְי֖וֹן [belonged] to Kilion

    At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.

    Here: 'Belonging to Chilion', Elimelech's son and Orpah's husband (1:4; compare 4:10). Named first here, though he comes second elsewhere.

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