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Elimelech

אֱלִימֶ֫לֶךְStrong’s H0458

elimelekh (e-li-me-lekh)

Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Elimelekh is the Hebrew word usually translated “elimelech”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.

“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 Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.”
Ruth 1:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2; married to Naomi (H5281)
How it's translated
  • elimelech 4
  • to elimelech 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ruth 6

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

אֱלִימֶ֫לֶךְ elimelekh · Elimelech

A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2; married to Naomi (H5281); father of: Mahlon (H4248), Chilion (H3630) § Elimelech = "my God is king" Naomi's husband

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.