ὈΡΦΑ, ὀρφα
ORPHA, orpha
Sounds Like: OR-fah
Translations: Orpah
From the root: ὈΡΦΑ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Orpah is a proper noun, referring to a specific person. In the Old Testament, she was a Moabite woman, the sister-in-law of Ruth and daughter-in-law of Naomi. She chose to return to her own people and gods rather than accompany Naomi to Judah.
Inflection: Singular, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3722 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 9:322
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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