Chilion=“pining” 1) an Ephraimite and son of Elimelech by Naomi and the deceased husband of Ruth (or maybe deceased husband of Orpah) Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a form of H3631
Brown-Driver-Briggs
כִּלְיוֺןproper name, masculineone of Naomi's sonsRuth 1:2,5; Ruth 4:9, ᵐ5Κελαιων, Ξελαιων, Ξελεων, ᵐ5LΞελλαιων (on etymology compare Jerome; see LagOnom. ed. 2, 62, 5).
Ruth 1:2 HEB:בָנָ֣יו ׀ מַחְל֤וֹן וְכִלְיוֹן֙ אֶפְרָתִ֔ים מִבֵּ֥ית NAS: [were] Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites KJV: Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites INT: sons Mahlon and Chilion Ephrathites of Bethlehem
Ruth 1:5 HEB:שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם מַחְל֣וֹן וְכִלְי֑וֹן וַתִּשָּׁאֵר֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה NAS: Mahlon and Chilion also KJV: And Mahlon and Chilion died also both INT: of her two Mahlon and Chilion was bereft and the woman
Ruth 4:9 HEB:כָּל־ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְכִלְי֖וֹן וּמַחְל֑וֹן מִיַּ֖ד NAS: and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon. KJV: all that [was] Elimelech's, and all that [was] Chilion's and Mahlon's, INT: and all that to Chilion and Mahlon the hand
