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naomi


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Naomi 
  n  :  the  mother-in-law  of  Ruth  whose  story  is  told  in  the  Book  of 
  Ruth  in  the  Old  Testament  [syn:  {Naomi},  {Noemi}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Naomi 
  the  lovable;  my  delight,  the  wife  of  Elimelech,  and  mother  of 
  Mahlon  and  Chilion,  and  mother-in-law  of  Ruth  (1:2,  20,  21; 
  2:1).  Elimelech  and  his  wife  left  the  district  of 
  Bethlehem-Judah,  and  found  a  new  home  in  the  uplands  of  Moab.  In 
  course  of  time  he  died,  as  also  his  two  sons  Mahlon  and  Chilion, 
  who  had  married  women  of  Moab,  and  three  widows  were  left 
  mourning  the  loss  of  their  husbands.  Naomi  longs  to  return  now 
  to  her  own  land,  to  Bethlehem.  One  of  her  widowed 
  daughters-in-law,  Ruth,  accompanies  her  and  is  at  length 
  married  to  Boaz  (q.v.). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Naomi,  beautiful;  agreeable 
 




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