Chilion
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Meaning: the pining one
The younger son of Elimelech and Naomi, and husband of Orpah, Ruth's sister (Ruth 1:2; Ruth 4:9).
This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.
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A son of Elimelech and Naomi, the Bethlehemites who emigrated to Moab because of the severe famine in Judea (Ruth i. 2). This might have been the reason for the name "Chilion" (wasting), as also for his brother's name "Mahlon" (disease). In Moab, Chilion married Orpah (ib.), and, after living in that land for ten years, died there.
This entry includes text from the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906.
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