Bible Names

Orpah: meaning of the name

Orpah means “the neck or skull.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)girl name

Orpah in Hebrew and Greek

עׇרְפָּה H6204

ʻOrpâh (or-paw') — Orpah, a Moabites

feminine of H6203 (עֹרֶף); mane;

Who named Orpah in the Bible

Orpah in Scripture

“Orpah” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Ruth 1:4

    And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

  • Ruth 1:14

    And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.