Mahlon
מַחְלוֹןStrong’s H4248machlon (mach-lon)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Machlon is the Hebrew word usually translated “mahlon”. It appears in 4 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.”
Meaning
- A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2
How it's translated
- mahlon 3
- and mahlon 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ruth 4
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ruth 1:5And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
- Ruth 4:9And 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.
- Ruth 4:10Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
Hebrew dictionary
מַחְלוֹן machlon · Mahlon
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2; son of: Elimelech (H0458) and Naomi (H5281); brother of: Chilion (H3630); married to Ruth (H7327) § Mahlon = "sick" son of Elimelech by Naomi and first husband of Ruth
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.