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People of the Bible

Naomi

also called Mara

Family

Partner
Elimelech
Children
Chilion, Mahlon

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Bitter; sad, a symbolical name which Naomi gave to herself because of her misfortunes (Ruth 1:20).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 20 verses

Ruth
1:2, 1:3, 1:8, 1:11, 1:19, 1:20, 1:21, 1:22, 2:1, 2:2, 2:6, 2:20, 2:22, 3:1, 4:3, 4:5, 4:9, 4:14, 4:16, 4:17

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.