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Lexicon :: Strong's H458 - 'ĕlîmeleḵ

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אֱלִימֶלֶךְ
Transliteration
'ĕlîmeleḵ
Pronunciation
el-ee-meh'-lek
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֱלִימֶלֶךְ ʼĔlîymelek, el-ee-meh'-lek; from H410 and H4428; God of (the) king; Elimelek, an Israelite:—Elimelech.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H458 in the following manner: Elimelech (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H458 in the following manner: Elimelech (6x).

  1. Elimelech = "my God is king"

    1. Naomi's husband

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֱלִימֶלֶךְ ʼĔlîymelek, el-ee-meh'-lek; from H410 and H4428; God of (the) king; Elimelek, an Israelite:—Elimelech.
STRONGS H458: Abbreviations
† אֱלִימֶ֫לֶךְ (& ־מֶ֑לֶח Ruth 2:1) proper name, masculine (God is king, compare מַלְכִּיאֵל) husband of Naomi Ruth 1:2, 3; Ruth 2:3; Ruth 4:3, 9.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ruth

1:2; 1:3; 2:1; 2:3; 4:3; 4:9

H458

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Strong's Number H458 matches the Hebrew אֱלִימֶלֶךְ ('ĕlîmeleḵ),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:3 - But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:1 - Now Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:3 - So she set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:3 - Then he said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our relative Elimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:9 - Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and to Mahlon.
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