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    Orpah

    OR-puh

    Meaning

    Neck; Fawn; Mane

    Hebrew origin · Girl · First in Ruth

    What it points to

    Orpah represents the reasonable choice that falls short of radical devotion — the kiss goodbye instead of the clinging faith that changes everything.

    Verse · King James Version

    “And Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.”

    Ruth 1:14

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