H458: אֱלִימֶלֶךְ
ʼĔlîymelek · pronounced el-ee-meh'-lek · “Elimelech”
Definition
Elimelek, an Israelite
KJV translates it as: Elimelech.
Word origin: from H410 (אֵל) and H4428 (מֶלֶךְ); God of (the) king;
Extended definition
father of: Mahlon (H4248), Chilion (H3630)
§ Elimelech = "my God is king"
Naomi's husband
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H458 is translated
- elimelech ×5
- was elimelech ×1
Bible verses with H458 (ʼĔlîymelek)
ʼĕlîymelek appears in 6 verses.
- Ruth 1:2
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
- Ruth 1:3
And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
- Ruth 2:1
And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
- Ruth 2:3
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
- Ruth 4:3
And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
- Ruth 4:9
And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.