Chilion
כִּלְיוֹןStrong’s H3630kilyon (kil-yon)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kilyon is the Hebrew word usually translated “kilion”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.”
Meaning
- A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2
How it's translated
- and kilion 2
- to kilion 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ruth 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ruth 1:5And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
- Ruth 4:9And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
Hebrew dictionary
כִּלְיוֹן kilyon · 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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.