כִּלְיוֹן

kil.yon

Hebrew H3630 Personal name, masculine 3 occurrences in 3 verses
כִּלְיוֹן Chilion

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)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 3 verses

  1. Ruth 1:2 וְכִלְיוֹן֙

    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

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

  3. Ruth 4:9 לְכִלְי֖וֹן

    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.

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