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.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
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Name meaning: the neck or skull (Hitchcock)
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(a gazelle), a Moabite woman wife of Chilion son of Naomi, and thereby sister-in-law to Ruth. (Ruth 2:4,14) (B.C. 1360.)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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