Bible Person
Meaning: finished; complete; perfect · Male · 3 cross references
Chilion is the younger son of Elimelech and Naomi and the husband of Orpah. His early death in Moab contributes to the emptiness and vulnerability out of which the book of Ruth unfolds. First appears in Ruth 1:2.1
AI summary: Chilion matters because the cross references present his death, together with Mahlon's, as part of the double loss that leaves Naomi bereft and her daughters-in-law exposed. Though his life is brief, his absence helps create the crisis that the book later resolves through redemption and restored lineage. Taken together, the material presents Chilion as a deceased son whose loss helps set the stage for Ruth's redemptive story.1
Central Figure
Chilion
Meaning: finished; complete; perfect
The pining one, the younger son of Elimelech and Naomi, and husband of Orpah, Ruth’s sister (Ruth 1:2; 4:9).
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.